FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS see also Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act: Senator Alexander, S2240 [16AP]

Higher Education Act Reauthorization: Senator Alexander, S5452–S5454 [22JY]

Overregulation of Higher Education and Regulatory Guidance: Senator Alexander, S2754 [11MY]

Amendments

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), S6425 [5AU]

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), H6878 [7OC]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1337, S1338 [9MR], S1369, S1389, S1390, S1391, S1392, S1393, S1394 [10MR], S1408, S1441, S1442, S1444, S1445, S1446, S1447 [11MR], S1498 [12MR], S1533, S1543, S1545, S1547, S1548, S1549, S1550, S1551 [16MR], S1589 [17MR], S1633 [18MR], S1670 [19MR], S2162, S2182 [14AP], S2276 [20AP], S2306, S2307, S2308 [21AP], S2313, S2320, S2326, S2330, S2331, S2333, S2334, S2335, S2336 [22AP]

Dept. of Education: extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), S8708, S8726 [16DE], H9676 [17DE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1253, H1255, H1256, H1257, H1259, H1260, H1261, H1262, H1263, H1265, H1270, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1274, H1275, H1276, H1278, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1283, H1285, H1286, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1292, H1293, H1295, H1297 [26FE], H1393, H1394 [27FE], H4908, H4910, H4912, H4913 [8JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 121), H1133 [25FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1191 [26FE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 125), S2671, S2695 [6MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve processing of claims for benefits (S. 1203), S7938, S7939 [10NO]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), S4357, S4521 [22JN]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), Senate amendment, H4781 [7JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8024 [17NO], S8034, S8055, S8063, S8064, S8083, S8105, S8106, S8107, S8108, S8109, S8110, S8111 [18NO], S8168, S8169, S8170 [19NO], H3760 [2JN], H3830, H3832, H3833, H3834, H3835, H3836, H3837, H3838, H3839, H3840, H3841, H3844, H3846, H3847, H3848, H3850, H3851, H3852, H3853, H3854, H3856, H3860, H3861, H3863, H3865, H3866, H3868, H3869, H3870, H3875, H3876, H3880 [3JN], H3882, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3891, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3895, H3896, H3917 [4JN], H3972, H3973, H3975, H3976, H3977, H3978, H3979, H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H3986, H3987, H3988, H4004 [9JN]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7073 [21OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7046 [21OC]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5118 [13JY], H5254, H5271, H5272, H5273, H5274, H5275, H5276, H5277, H5293 [16JY]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5196 [15JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4675, S4676, S4690, S4691, S4692, S4693, S4694, S4777, S4780, S4782, S4783, S4790, S4792, S4794, S4795, S4796, S4797, S4798, S4799, S4800, S4801 [7JY], S4827, S4828, S4845, S4846, S4847, S4849, S4851, S4852, S4853, S4854, S4856, S4859, S4862, S4863, S4864, S4872, S4874, S4875, S4876, S4879, S4880, S4881, S4882, S4884, S4885, S4886, S4887 [8JY], S4906, S4909, S4912, S4913, S4923, S4924, S4925, S4964, S4965, S4967, S4968, S4969, S4971, S4972, S4973, S4974, S4975, S4976, S4977, S4978, S4979, S4984 [9JY], S5012, S5013, S5015, S5016, S5018 [13JY], S5033, S5038, S5039, S5064, S5065, S5066, S5067, S5068, S5069, S5078, S5080, S5082, S5085, S5086, S5087 [14JY], S5094, S5095, S5096, S5097, S5098, S5099, S5102, S5103, S5104, S5131 [15JY]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 542), H8882 [2DE]

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

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (S. 1124), S2695, S2696 [6MY]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1115), S8889, S8906, S8907 [18DE]

——— identify and prevent improper payments and identify strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing use of agency charge cards (S. 1616), S8727, S8728 [16DE]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), S6083, S6084 [28JY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6322 [29SE]

Medicare: increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), S2319, S2358 [22AP]

NSF: support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (H.R. 1020), S6948, S6949 [24SE], H6780 [1OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6243 [3AU]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6108 [17SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5196 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5618 [29JY]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7422 [21OC], H8223 [16NO]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), S5556, S5558 [23JY], H5508 [27JY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2156, S2158, S2159, S2176, S2178, S2179, S2180 [14AP]

Veterans: waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (S. 1731), S7622, S7662 [29OC]

Appointments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel, H7170 [23OC], H7741 [4NO]

Conferees: H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S7887 [10NO]

——— H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO], H8278 [17NO]

——— S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, S8034 [18NO]

——— S. 1177, Student Success Act, H8272 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Anti-Human-Trafficking Bill Gets Caught Up in Abortion Politics in Senate, S1460 [12MR]

Don’t Let the Senate Throw Away 40 Percent of America’s Homeless Youth, S1408 [11MR]

Education Law Everyone Wants To Fix, S4905 [9JY]

86 Percent of Health Law Enrollees Receive Subsidies, White House Says (excerpt), S1398 [11MR]

GOP Water Bill in Congress Should Be Rejected (excerpt), H5272 [16JY]

House Honors the Late Rep. Jim Oberstar as Congress Fumbles His Greatest Passion, H5205 [15JY]

John Boehner’s Last Deal Leaves Congress Better Off, H7269 [28OC]

Misguided Attack on D.C.’s Needy Students, H7069 [21OC]

Obama’s For-Profit Stealth Attack—Pentagon Punishes Phoenix on Orders From Senate Headquarters (excerpts), S7571 [28OC]

Price of Fetal Parts, E1141 [28JY]

Quality Controls Lacking for D.C. Schools Accepting Federal Vouchers, H7074 [21OC]

Quantifying Planned Parenthood’s Critical Role in Meeting the Need for Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care, H6098 [17SE]

Republicans Target Social Security Disability, H436 [21JA]

Steps Against Juvenile Sex Trafficking, S1359 [10MR]

Water Solution for California—‘Little Sip, Big Gulp’, E972 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

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

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 3197), H5466 [23JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), call for committee and floor consideration (see H. Res. 399), H5769 [29JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 219), S347 [21JA] (see S. 582), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 7), H477 [21JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 42), H477 [21JA]

Agriculture: eliminate direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries (see H. Con. Res. 20), H1499 [27FE]

——— express that specialty crops are vital and propose and enact funding programs that reflect importance and support priorities of specialty crops (see H. Res. 177), H2111 [26MR]

——— reform sugar price support program (see S. 475), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 1714), H2110 [26MR]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H3558 [21MY]

Appropriations: require greater accountability in discretionary and direct spending programs (see H.R. 405), H429 [20JA]

Armed Forces: extend interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service (see S. 1557), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2718), H4135 [10JN]

——— preserve current amount of basic allowance for housing for certain married members of uniformed services (see S. 1628), S4298 [18JN]

——— protect servicemembers in higher education by providing better information, reduced interest rates, and improved services relative to student loans, and providing campus support (see H.R. 4260), H9328 [15DE]

——— provide additional training opportunities for members under the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2133), H2767 [30AP]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 3367), H5766 [29JY]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see S. 1529), S3925 [9JN] (see H.R. 1858), H2306 [16AP]

Benefits: prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (see S. 2387), S8602 [10DE]

——— provide for a one-time supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries and recipients of veterans benefits (see H.R. 4140), H8859 [1DE]

——— provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (see S. 2251), S7814 [5NO] (see H.R. 4012), H8239 [16NO] (see H.R. 4144), H8859 [1DE]

BIA: secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime (see S. 1704), S4685 [7JY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: provide equity for certain eligible survivors (see H.R. 130), H40 [6JA]

BLS: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 3074), H5236 [15JY]

Budget: alleviate effects of sequestration by restoring certain cuts, providing offsets, enacting a Chained Consumer Price Index for Social Security and means testing for Medicare, and providing for tax reform (see H. Con. Res. 71), H5782 [31JY]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2341), H3212 [14MY]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (see H.R. 4278), H9374 [16DE]

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

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 2682), H3914 [4JN]

Career and Technical Education Act: improve programs (see H.R. 1447), H1769 [18MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 688), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1343), H1625 [10MR]

——— clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see S. 1362), S2971 [18MY] (see H.R. 3243), H5588 [28JY]

——— test effect of including telehealth services in Medicare health care delivery reform models (see S. 2343), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 4155), H8970 [2DE]

CERCLA: modify provisions relative to brownfield remediation grants (see S. 1479), S3456 [2JN]

Children and youth: improve childhood outcomes in well-being and reduce childhood poverty (see S. 473), S982 [12FE]

——— issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see S. 1254), S2730 [7MY]

——— 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), H2110 [26MR]

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

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 1966), H2417 [22AP]

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see S. 1601), S4250 [17JN] (see H.R. 2804), H4490 [17JN]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 3689), H6835 [6OC]

Colleges and universities: ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (see H. Res. 26), H224 [12JA]

——— extend antitrust exemption for higher education institutions relative to the award of need-based educational aid (see S. 1482), S3456 [2JN] (see H.R. 2604), H3756 [2JN]

——— 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 S. 1122), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2079), H2497 [28AP]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 1165), S2568 [30AP]

——— restrict institutions of higher education from using Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes (see S. 1908), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 4109), H8411 [19NO]

——— simplify process for determining the need and eligibility of students for financial assistance under the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 3265), H5589 [28JY]

——— support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see S. Res. 143), S2301 [21AP] (see H. Res. 214), H2355 [21AP]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (see H.R. 3078), H5236 [15JY]

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (see S. 991), S2245 [16AP] (see H.R. 1831), H2305 [16AP]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2826), H4541 [18JN]

Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency: establish (see H.R. 1578), H1899 [24MR]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 522), H581 [26JA]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see H. Res. 461), H6835 [6OC]

Compact of Free Association: provide for adequate impact aid to affected States and territories (see H.R. 854), H917 [10FE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 51), S57 [7JA] (see H.R. 217), H155 [8JA]

——— recognize anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision allowing use of contraceptives by married couples and the importance of affordable family planning services (see S. Res. 193), S3776 [4JN]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see H.R. 1562), H1898 [24MR]

Corps of Engineers: modify certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system (see H.R. 2492), H3557 [21MY]

——— provide loans to enable eligible entities to purchase credits from mitigation banks or in-lieu fee programs or acquire interests in certain mitigation project-related real property (see S. 1700), S4648 [25JN]

Crime: aid recovery and rehabilitation for victims of human trafficking (see S. 642), S1246 [3MR]

——— expand funding available for victims of child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes (see S. 1071), S2400 [23AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 178), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 181), H103 [7JA] (see H.R. 296), H357 [13JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 47), H3506 [20MY]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see S. 675), S1335 [9MR] (see H.R. 1672), H2108 [26MR]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 166), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 159), H41 [6JA]

Cuba: provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance (see H.R. 4247), H9327 [15DE]

Delta Regional Authority: add Vernon and Sabine Parishes, LA, to make such parishes eligible for Federal economic development grants (see S. 1791), S5170 [16JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the National School Lunch Program to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables (see S. 2243), S7814 [5NO] (see H.R. 3532), H6135 [17SE]

——— authorize a summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program and allow State flexibility in providing summer meals (see S. 1966), S6380 [5AU]

——— change eligible foods allowed for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2383), H3252 [15MY]

——— clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local food service personnel (see H.R. 3817), H7174 [23OC]

——— 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]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 1539), S4021 [10JN] (see H.R. 2715), H4135 [10JN]

——— establish and implement a plan to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the national school lunch program (see H.R. 2627), H3877 [3JN]

——— establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 1676), H2108 [26MR]

——— extend final planting date for grain sorghum, corn, and cotton under Federal crop insurance polices due to extreme weather conditions that have adversely affected field conditions for planting (see H.R. 1580), H1899 [24MR]

——— improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 4121), H8411 [19NO]

——— improve child nutrition in tribal areas (see S. 1937), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 3502), H5975 [11SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 613), S1201 [27FE] (see H.R. 1728), H2111 [26MR]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see S. 1833), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 3886), H7623 [3NO]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see S. 1796), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 2660), H3913 [4JN]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 540), S1074 [24FE] (see H.R. 3316), H5764 [29JY]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 345), S736 [3FE]

——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (see S. 2420), S8794 [17DE] (see H.R. 1025), H1113 [24FE]

——— modify grants for certain areawide integrated pest management projects (see H.R. 3893), H7623 [3NO]

——— preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 61), H38 [6JA]

——— prohibit funding for grants awarded for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease (see H.R. 2943), H4771 [25JN]

——— prohibit further reductions in sodium levels and reinstate grain-rich requirements applicable to the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see S. 1146), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2508), H3558 [21MY]

——— prohibit paying of premium subsidies on crop insurance policies based on actual market price of agricultural commodity at time of harvest (see S. 463), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 892), H981 [11FE]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H1803 [19MR]

——— prohibit use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase marijuana products (see H.R. 2331), H3211 [14MY]

——— provide flexibility to school food authorities in establishing a price for paid school lunches (see S. 1805), S5210 [21JY]

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

——— provide relief for agricultural producers adversely impacted by the Oriental fruit fly (see H.R. 4226), H9270 [10DE]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see S. 569), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 1061), H1163 [25FE]

——— reform crop insurance program (see S. 2244), S7814 [5NO] (see H.R. 3973), H8151 [5NO]

——— repeal National School Lunch Program paid lunch equity requirements (see H.R. 3307), H5763 [29JY]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 57), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 733), H811 [4FE]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 3657), H6749 [30SE]

Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (see S. 1022), S2300 [21AP] (see H.R. 1905), H2354 [21AP]

——— establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see S. 151), S200 [13JA] (see H.R. 315), H357 [13JA]

Dept. of Education: add disclosure requirements to the institution of higher education financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (see S. 2149), S7219 [7OC]

——— allow a choice between a fixed amount student loan repayment plan or an income-driven student loan repayment plan for all borrowers (see S. 1948), S6379 [5AU]

——— allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see S. 1556), S4103 [11JN]

——— allow an individual to qualify for both teacher loan forgiveness and public service loan forgiveness (see H.R. 3366), H5766 [29JY]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 793), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1131), H1369 [26FE] (see H.R. 1434), H1768 [18MR] (see H.R. 3751), H6974 [9OC]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans and extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans (see S. 2099), S7005 [29SE]

——— allow for portability of funds for programs improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged (see S. 72), S58 [7JA]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 1369), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 1827), H2269 [15AP]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 2310), S8159 [19NO] (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

——— allow the awarding of job training Federal Pell Grants (see S. 1900), S6186 [30JY]

——— amend Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to require schools receiving funding to provide students with access to academic and mental health counseling services (see H.R. 3834), H7253 [27OC]

——— amend Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (see H.R. 1751), H2152 [13AP]

——— amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid for college (see H.R. 860), H980 [11FE]

——— 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]

——— assist in coordination among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) efforts in States and strengthen capacity of schools to prepare students in such fields (see S. 419), S858 [9FE] (see H.R. 1081), H1163 [25FE]

——— assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1071), H1163 [25FE]

——— authorize American Dream Accounts to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students (see S. 687), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1359), H1635 [13MR]

——— authorize awarding of grants to promote civic learning and engagement (see H.R. 3008), H5029 [9JY]

——— 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), H703 [2FE]

——— authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (see H.R. 2927), H4770 [25JN]

——— authorize local educational agencies and schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs or activities (see S. 1665), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 3067), H5235 [15JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies for the disadvantaged (see H.R. 3581), H6178 [18SE]

——— award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see S. 1106), S2472 [28AP] (see H.R. 2065), H2497 [28AP]

——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see S. 451), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 4021), H8240 [16NO]

——— award grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 541), H638 [27JA]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (see H.R. 3604), H6227 [24SE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (see S. 645), S1246 [3MR]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see S. 197), S283 [20JA] (see H.R. 408), H429 [20JA]

——— award grants to States to pay the Federal share of carrying out full-day prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 2528), H3559 [21MY]

——— award job training Federal Pell grants (see H.R. 3985), H8151 [5NO]

——— carry out a program of canceling certain Federal student loans of principals in high need schools (see H.R. 3925), H7741 [4NO]

——— clarify Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct (see S. 2037), S6699 [16SE] (see H.R. 3512), H6074 [16SE]

——— create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 2022), H2464 [23AP]

——— eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 1285), H1611 [4MR]

——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, reduce interest rates and allow for refinancing of student loans, expand work study program, and simplify student aid application process (see S. 1373), S3059 [19MY]

——— 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]

——— establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 375), H405 [14JA]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 858), H917 [10FE]

——— establish a full-service community schools grant program (see S. 1787), S5170 [16JY]

——— establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 2149), H2768 [30AP]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (see S. 1050), S2352 [22AP]

——— establish a scholarship program and loan forgiveness for rural educators and provide professional development grants for rural schools (see S. 2190), S7413 [21OC]

——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program (see S. 402), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 794), H855 [5FE]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see S. 796), S1659 [19MR] (see H.R. 1507), H1803 [19MR]

——— establish an alternative, outcomes-based process for authorizing innovative higher education providers to receive Federal education funding (see S. 2111), S7047 [30SE]

——— establish an Early Federal Pell Grant Commitment Program (see S. 1128), S2529 [29AP]

——— establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see H.R. 374), H405 [14JA]

——— establish Federal-State higher education financing partnerships in order to reduce tuition for students (see S. 2191), S7413 [21OC]

——— establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 2988), H4955 [8JY]

——— establish grant program to promote development of career education programs in computer science in secondary and postsecondary education (see S. 1184), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 2056), H2496 [28AP]

——— establish Innovation Inspiration school grant program (see S. 442), S900 [10FE]

——— establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support (see H.R. 2378), H3252 [15MY]

——— establish Promise Neighborhoods program (see S. 514), S983 [12FE]

——— establish simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan (see H.R. 4256), H9327 [15DE]

——— establish simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan for new borrowers, repayment notification options, and loan forgiveness for total and permanently disabled (see S. 85), S58 [7JA]

——— exclude certain marijuana-related offenses from drug-related offenses that result in students being barred from receiving Federal educational loans, grants, and work assistance (see H.R. 3561), H6178 [18SE]

——— expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see S. 649), S1302 [4MR] (see H.R. 1287), H1611 [4MR]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see S. 2064), S6893 [22SE] (see H.R. 3964), H8151 [5NO]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 3594), H6226 [24SE]

——— fund Federal Pell Grant Program through mandatory appropriations (see S. 1060), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 1956), H2416 [22AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 1998), S6381 [5AU]

——— 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 S. 2098), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3992), H8152 [5NO]

——— include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in public service jobs for purposes of loan forgiveness eligibility under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2590), H3641 [1JN]

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations and establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern relative to intercollegiate athletics (see H.R. 2731), H4241 [11JN]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see S. 2065), S6893 [22SE]

——— increase low-income student assistance funding for outlying areas (see H.R. 851), H916 [10FE]

——— increase maximum Federal Pell Grant Program grant to match average cost of in-State tuition and fees and index future amounts for inflation (see S. 1061), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 1957), H2416 [22AP]

——— increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources for eligible students to increase student and educator engagement (see S. 1606), S4297 [18JN] (see H.R. 3582), H6178 [18SE]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see S. 1352), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2350), H3251 [15MY]

——— increase students’ and borrowers’ access to student loan information within the National Student Loan Data System and encourage improved outreach and communication with borrowers (see S. 445), S900 [10FE]

——— invest in innovation for education (see S. 605), S1162 [26FE] (see H.R. 847), H916 [10FE]

——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see S. 690), S1383 [10MR]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2545), H3560 [21MY]

——— make grants to promote the education of expectant and parenting students (see S. 416), S858 [9FE]

——— make grants to States to improve early education (see H.R. 587), H660 [28JA]

——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 937), H1034 [12FE]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (see S. 2150), S7219 [7OC]

——— prohibit an institution of higher learning from participating in certain student assistance programs if the institution bans the display of the U.S. flag on its campus (see H.R. 1691), H2109 [26MR]

——— prohibit awarding of Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 3327), H5764 [29JY]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see S. 182), S238 [16JA]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see S. 559), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 970), H1067 [13FE]

——— promote advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs (see S. 557), S1118 [25FE]

——— provide access to free pre-kindergarten by providing funding to States from an Early Education Trust Fund (see H.R. 3542), H6136 [17SE]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see S. 1716), S4840 [8JY] (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— provide additional funds to States to establish and make disbursements from high cost funds to reimburse local schools for special educational services (see H.R. 4028), H8279 [17NO]

——— provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 1070), H1163 [25FE]

——— provide certain long-term resident alien students with access to financial aid (see S. 1059), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 1959), H2416 [22AP]

——— provide enhanced academic and career training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 922), H1033 [12FE]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (see S. 1102), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 2364), H3251 [15MY]

——— provide for loan repayment for teachers in high-need schools (see S. 1892), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3359), H5765 [29JY]

——— provide for temporary emergency Impact Aid Program funds for local educational agencies (see H.R. 2634), H3877 [3JN]

——— provide grants for education programs on history of treatment of Italian Americans during World War II (see H.R. 4146), H8859 [1DE]

——— provide grants for high-quality prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 4042), H8279 [17NO]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 2321), H3211 [14MY]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 2762), H4343 [12JN]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 2773), H4381 [15JN]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 671), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 2057), H2496 [28AP]

——— provide grants to States for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1505), S3776 [4JN]

——— provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 581), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 2105), H2653 [29AP]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 1079), H1163 [25FE]

——— provide guidance on how dependent students with noncitizen parents without Social Security numbers may obtain Federal student assistance for college (see H.R. 1833), H2305 [16AP]

——— provide military spouses who participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program a waiver from the consecutive years of service requirement if their spouse is relocated pursuant to military orders (see H.R. 3684), H6835 [6OC]

——— provide student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students (see H.R. 386), H405 [14JA]

——— provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5465 [23JY]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (see S. 191), S283 [20JA]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see S. 604), S1162 [26FE] (see H.R. 1399), H1721 [17MR]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see S. 658), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 770), H853 [5FE] (see H.R. 1318), H1613 [4MR]

——— reinstate ability-to-benefit eligibility to provide postsecondary education financial assistance to students without a high school diploma or its equivalent (see H.R. 4158), H8970 [2DE]

——— reinstate authority to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students (see H.R. 4223), H9270 [10DE]

——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions (see H.R. 2521), H3559 [21MY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see S. 1062), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 242), H187 [9JA] (see H.R. 1064), H1163 [25FE] (see H.R. 1958), H2416 [22AP]

——— remove barriers to higher education for homeless and foster youth by improving financial aid process and outreach programs and providing in-State tuition and access to housing resources (see S. 2267), S7912 [10NO] (see H.R. 4043), H8279 [17NO]

——— repeal certain programs in order to provide more State and local control of education (see H.R. 773), H853 [5FE]

——— repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 4004), H8239 [16NO]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers and provide reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and loan cancellation in exchange for public service (see H.R. 1352), H1626 [10MR] (see H.R. 3634), H6306 [28SE]

——— require disaggregation of educational outcomes of students with disabilities by disability category (see S. 1729), S4953 [9JY]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 773), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1421), H1767 [18MR]

——— restore National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent (SMART) Grants for a certain number of award years (see H.R. 4221), H9269 [10DE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (see S. 2272), S7913 [10NO] (see H.R. 4101), H8410 [19NO]

——— 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 S. 1664), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 3988), H8152 [5NO] (see H.R. 4054), H8280 [17NO]

——— simplify college financial aid application and repayment processes, streamline Federal grant and loan programs, reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, and discourage over-borrowing (see S. 108), S59 [7JA]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 3177), H5465 [23JY]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process and increase income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution in determining Federal student aid eligibility (see S. 1872), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 3446), H5847 [8SE]

——— strengthen and reauthorize the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (see S. 1075), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2013), H2464 [23AP]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see S. 643), S1246 [3MR]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 495), H531 [22JA]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. Res. 267), S6938 [24SE] (see H. Res. 294), H3878 [3JN]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2882), H4650 [24JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H754 [3FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 121), H1112 [24FE] (see H. Res. 125), H1162 [25FE] (see H. Res. 347), H4860 [7JY]

——— support the education of Indian children through recruiting and retaining more teachers to Native American schools (see S. 1928), S6296 [4AU]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (see S. 1195), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 2518), H3559 [21MY]

——— use excess revenue generated from the Federal Direct Loan Program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 939), H1034 [12FE]

——— use student loan repayment rates at institutions of higher education to determine institutional eligibility for Federal student aid funds and require risk sharing payments of institutions (see S. 1939), S6379 [5AU]

——— verify eligibility of certain borrowers on loans submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or already in default before such borrowers obtain a consolidation loan (see H.R. 2677), H3914 [4JN]

Dept. of Energy: award grants to expand programs in maritime and energy workforce technical training (see S. 2053), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2923), H4770 [25JN]

——— establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see S. 1275), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 2296), H2957 [13MY]

——— establish a grant program allowing National Laboratories provision of vouchers to small businesses to improve commercialization of technologies developed at National Laboratories and their economic impact (see S. 1259), S2730 [7MY]

——— establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements (see S. 600), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 2132), H2767 [30AP]

——— establish a program to make grants to eligible partnerships to provide for the transformation of the electric grid (see S. 1207), S2687 [6MY]

——— establish a State residential building energy efficiency upgrades loan pilot program (see S. 878), S2040 [26MR]

——— establish comprehensive program to improve education and training to increase number of skilled workers in energy and manufacturing fields (see S. 1422), S3237 [21MY]

——— establish pilot competitive grant program for development of a skilled energy workforce (see S. 1304), S2794 [12MY]

——— establish pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to reduce energy costs and increase resilience to improve security (see H.R. 3525), H6074 [16SE]

——— expand Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program to include commercial trucks and U.S. flagged vessels and return unspent funds and loan proceeds to reduce the national debt (see S. 1181), S2599 [4MY]

——— improve loan guarantee program for innovative technologies (see S. 1223), S2688 [6MY]

——— make innovative technology loan guarantee support available for battery storage technologies (see H.R. 3263), H5589 [28JY]

——— promote mapping and development of geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk exploration wells, improve technology, and demonstrate use in large scale thermal applications (see S. 1155), S2567 [30AP]

——— provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas (see S. 1713), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 3041), H5116 [13JY]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 703), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 3420), H5768 [29JY]

——— require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs (see S. 939), S2173 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers (see H.R. 4055), H8359 [18NO]

——— allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see S. 1439), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 3160), H5402 [22JY]

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

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

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see S. 923), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 453), H479 [21JA]

——— award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (see H.R. 2709), H4135 [10JN]

——— award grants to States for development of innovative long-term services and support programs (see S. 2338), S8241 [1DE]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see S. 2107), S7046 [30SE] (see H.R. 1006), H1069 [13FE]

——— carry out a grant program for co-prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs (see H.R. 3680), H6787 [1OC]

——— clarify circumstances under which health care providers and covered entities may disclose protected health information of patients with mental illness (see H.R. 2690), H4001 [9JN]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see S. 628), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1209), H1565 [3MR]

——— ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 311), H357 [13JA]

——— establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary health services (see H.R. 4234), H9270 [10DE]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see S. 586), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish and implement mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) management guidelines for school-aged children (see S. 307), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 582), H660 [28JA]

——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1707), H2110 [26MR]

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (see H.R. 1293), H1611 [4MR]

——— establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 1537), S4021 [10JN]

——— establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty (see S. 2224), S7655 [29OC] (see H.R. 2408), H3386 [19MY]

——— establish the Transition to Independence Medicaid Buy-In Option demonstration program (see S. 1604), S4297 [18JN]

——— expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 263), H188 [9JA]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H4135 [10JN]

——— extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs (see H.R. 1372), H1661 [16MR]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H638 [27JA]

——— improve Head Start Program by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2290), S8020 [17NO] (see H.R. 4120), H8411 [19NO]

——— include occupational therapists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1761), H2152 [13AP]

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 42), S57 (see S. 118), S59 [7JA]

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for grants to develop or evaluate a video game to train parents in food parenting practices (see H.R. 3405), H5767 [29JY]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 4015), H8240 [16NO]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition and physical activity curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 1411), H1721 [17MR]

——— provide for participation of doctors of chiropractic in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 542), H638 [27JA]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H2306 [16AP]

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

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking and ban production, sale, or possession of powdered alcohol (see S. 728), S1494 [12MR]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see S. 849), S1781 [24MR] (see H.R. 292), H356 [13JA]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see S. 898), S2110 [13AP] (see H.R. 1312), H1612 [4MR]

——— 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 promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 3005), H5029 [9JY]

——— provide grants to support job creation initiatives under the Social Services Block Grants Program (see H.R. 3368), H5766 [29JY]

——— provide loan repayment incentives for the physician assistants (see H.R. 3943), H8150 [5NO]

——— provide States with flexibility to use certain Federal foster care funding for child welfare programs to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for all children needing welfare services (see S. 1932), S6296 [4AU]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H2108 [26MR]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see S. 2424), S8883 [18DE] (see H.R. 1344), H1625 [10MR]

——— reauthorize residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and provide grants to State substance abuse agencies to promote innovative service delivery models for such women (see S. 2226), S7722 [3NO] (see H.R. 3691), H6835 [6OC]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 1807), H2268 [15AP]

——— reduce childhood obesity (see H.R. 3772), H7026 [20OC]

——— reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see S. 1615), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 2839), H4541 [18JN]

——— require children enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start programs be vaccinated (see S. 486), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 933), H1034 [12FE]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 3166), H5402 [22JY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 1588), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 1211), H1565 [3MR]

Dept. of HUD: allow periodic reviews of certain families’ incomes for purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal housing programs (see H.R. 233), H155 [8JA]

——— amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see S. 256), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 576), H639 [27JA]

——— authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (see H.R. 1047), H1113 [24FE]

——— authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance (see S. 65), S58 [7JA]

——— carry out a loan repayment program for certain architects (see H.R. 2938), H4771 [25JN]

——— ensure accountability in the provision of public housing by providing family income reviews (see H.R. 4133), H8645 [30NO]

——— ensure veterans service organizations are eligible for Community Development Block Grant Program funding for public facilities and improvements (see H. Res. 314), H4344 [12JN]

——— establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 201), H103 [7JA]

——— exclude disabled veterans’ aid and attendance pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance eligibility (see H.R. 1816), H2268 [15AP]

——— expand Moving to Work and Rental Assistance demonstration programs (see H.R. 2953), H4861 [7JY]

——— 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]

——— make acquisition, installation, and maintenance of security cameras, safety lighting, and building locks in public housing an eligible activity under Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 968), H1067 [13FE]

——— modernize and improve Family Unification Program (see S. 2289), S8020 [17NO]

——— modernize and improve the program for economic opportunities for low-income persons in public and federally-assisted housing (see H.R. 3697), H6892 [7OC]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 574), H639 [27JA]

——— prohibit implementation of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see S. 1909), S6187 [30JY] (see H.R. 1995), H2463 [23AP]

——— provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for specialized housing and supportive services to elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of related children (see H.R. 2188), H2769 [30AP]

——— provide grants and loans to owners of dated manufactured homes for the replacement of such homes with Energy Star-qualified manufactured or modular homes (see H.R. 3275), H5762 [29JY]

——— provide that nursing homes receiving poor ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are ineligible for federally-insured mortgage loans (see H.R. 3796), H7089 [21OC]

——— renew certain Moving to Work demonstration program agreements (see S. 1530), S3925 [9JN]

——— set-aside Community Development Block Grant Program amounts for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of, and technology for, their facilities (see H.R. 2218), H2791 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow preferential consideration for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to applications from jurisdictions with laws in place making grand jury transcripts and records public (see H.R. 3028), H5088 [10JY]

——— authorize use of certain grants to institutions of higher education to support majors related to criminal justice in order to increase racial diversity of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3872), H7389 [2NO]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 524), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 953), H1035 [12FE]

——— curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1495), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 3984), H8151 [5NO]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2401), S8684 [15DE] (see H.R. 2318), H3211 [14MY]

——— enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 68), H38 [6JA]

——— establish a pilot grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (see S. 877), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 1680), H2109 [26MR]

——— establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1124), H1369 [26FE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 125), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 228), H155 [8JA]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2302), H2957 [13MY]

——— include court security officers in the public safety officers’ death benefits program (see S. 1108), S2472 [28AP]

——— make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain witness protection and assistance programs (see S. 2376), S8546 [9DE] (see H.R. 4194), H9205 [9DE]

——— make grants to purchase body-worn cameras for State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers (see S. 1897), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3544), H6136 [17SE]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 962), S2220 [15AP]

——— provide grants to establish and maintain Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts to adjudicate alcohol or drug cases through extensive supervision and treatment programs (see S. 2205), S7470 [22OC]

——— reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2667), H3914 [4JN]

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

——— reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2964), H4954 [8JY]

——— reduce Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (see H.R. 59), H38 [6JA]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1065), H1163 [25FE] (see H.R. 2302), H2957 [13MY]

——— strengthen law enforcement responses to elder abuse (see S. 1663), S4602 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 1328), S2850 [13MY]

——— create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (see H.R. 3554), H6136 [17SE]

——— create a program to grant relocation subsidies to the long-term unemployed for the purpose of attaining or accepting employment (see H.R. 2755), H4343 [12JN]

——— encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 1121), H1369 [26FE]

——— ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2096), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3625), H6306 [28SE]

——— establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 1005), H1069 [13FE]

——— establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (see H.R. 3258), H5589 [28JY]

——— 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), H1069 [13FE]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 568), S1118 [25FE] (see S. 1003), S2245 [16AP] (see S. 1268), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 1088), H1164 [25FE] (see H.R. 1892), H2315 [17AP]

——— increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (see H.R. 4142), H8859 [1DE]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 78), H38 [6JA]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 2509), H3558 [21MY]

——— provide for youth jobs (see S. 1506), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2714), H4135 [10JN]

——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (see H.R. 2796), H4431 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior: allow offshore South Atlantic energy production, provide revenue sharing from such leases, establish veterans workforce training, and create partnerships with institutions of higher education (see S. 1279), S2759 [11MY]

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 517), S983 [12FE] (see S. 1925), S6296 [4AU] (see S. 2164), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3257), H5588 [28JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish State and multistate infrastructure banks to provide loans for repair, construction, renovation, or improvement of educational facilities (see H.R. 1962), H2416 [22AP]

——— establish the STEM Education and Training Account (see H.R. 2681), H3914 [4JN]

——— provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return showing how tax dollars are spent and Federal debt and borrowing per U.S. resident (see H.R. 3855), H7332 [28OC]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2247), S7814 [5NO]

——— authorize elements to enhance safety, provide regulatory relief, streamline grant programs, and improve accountability and efficiency of oversight efforts (see S. 1732), S4953 [9JY]

——— clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program (see H.R. 3877), H7389 [2NO]

——— discontinue funding for landscaping and scenic enhancements as part of Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 2606), H3756 [2JN]

——— enhance Office of Contracts and Procurement services to assist modal agencies, States, and grant recipients with certain design and procurement practices and contracts (see H.R. 3465), H5865 [9SE]

——— enhance transportation programs to connect people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal transportation network (see S. 2008), S6434 [6AU]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 199), H103 [7JA]

——— establish a pilot toll credit marketplace program (see H.R. 2172), H2769 [30AP]

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (see H.R. 2332), H3211 [14MY]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8239 [16NO]

——— include bridges on the National Highway Performance Program (see H.R. 3168), H5402 [22JY]

——— make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries (see H.R. 1274), H1611 [4MR]

——— modify criteria for selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service Development Program (see H.R. 1084), H1163 [25FE]

——— provide certain purchasing authority for recipients of public transportation grants (see H.R. 3613), H6259 [25SE]

——— provide Federal support to increase public transportation ridership by college students (see S. 2433), S8883 [18DE]

——— provide grants to mitigate road congestion and improve transportation planning in metropolitan areas (see H.R. 200), H103 [7JA]

——— reduce highway and surface transportation funding available for a State if it issues a license plate that contains an image of a Confederate flag (see S. 1689), S4648 [25JN]

——— rescind unused earmarks (see S. 1544), S4021 [10JN]

——— withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see H.R. 3501), H5974 [11SE] (see H.R. 3759), H6980 [16OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudicate and pay survivor’s benefits without requiring the filing of a formal claim (see S. 1451), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 2691), H4001 [9JN]

——— adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program (see H.R. 1187), H1499 [27FE]

——— authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans (see S. 1105), S2472 [28AP]

——— authorize the transfer of funds among certain scholarship and debt reduction programs (see H.R. 2674), H3914 [4JN]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 1904), H2353 [21AP]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see S. 1021), S2300 [21AP]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to veterans for education and training as physician assistants and establish payment structure for physician assistants (see S. 2134), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 3974), H8151 [5NO]

——— carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive health services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 763), H853 [5FE]

——— clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 2531), H3560 [21MY]

——— clarify process of approving courses of education pursued using educational benefits (see H.R. 476), H530 [22JA]

——— clarify the amount and duration of scholarships under the Employee Incentive Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2672), H3914 [4JN]

——— clarify the amount of scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2671), H3914 [4JN]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 1070), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2008), H2464 [23AP]

——— collaborate with nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning that provide administrative assistance to veterans (see H.R. 3884), H7623 [3NO]

——— 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), H4343 [12JN]

——— eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program (see S. 1991), S6381 [5AU] (see H.R. 3980), H8151 [5NO]

——— eliminate time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2855), H4591 [23JN]

——— ensure South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, TX, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility (see S. 1534), S3925 [9JN] (see H.R. 1294), H1611 [4MR]

——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2551), H3560 [21MY]

——— enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals on the use of departmental educational assistance (see H.R. 643), H702 [2FE]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (see S. 2013), S6532 [9SE] (see H.R. 3484), H5942 [10SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3970), H8151 [5NO]

——— establish a pilot program to provide furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans transitioning into permanent housing (see S. 223), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 2522), H3559 [21MY]

——— establish a priority for processing claims for compensation for veterans who have attained a certain age, are terminally ill, or have a life-threatening illness (see H.R. 2286), H2956 [13MY]

——— establish a task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 517), H532 [22JA]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 563), H638 [27JA]

——— establish voluntary national directory of veterans to support outreach to veterans (see S. 1797), S5170 [16JY]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 1085), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 1969), H2417 [22AP]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H4769 [25JN]

——— expand eligibility of employees to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program (see H.R. 2673), H3914 [4JN]

——— expand requirements for reissuance of veterans benefits in cases of misuse of benefits by certain fiduciaries to include misuse by all fiduciaries, and improve oversight of fiduciaries (see S. 2316), S8160 [19NO]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 627), H667 [30JA]

——— extend authority of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans (see S. 2048), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2934), H4770 [25JN]

——— extend authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance (see H.R. 2361), H3251 [15MY]

——— extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship (see S. 1460), S3309 [22MY] (see H.R. 2487), H3557 [21MY]

——— extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see S. 657), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1899), H2353 [21AP]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 607), H661 [28JA]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3365), H5766 [29JY]

——— improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see S. 1303), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 2282), H2877 [12MY]

——— improve process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits (see H.R. 3989), H8152 [5NO]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 1203), S2687 [6MY]

——— improve programs and services for homeless veterans (see S. 684), S1383 [10MR]

——— improve provision of assistance and benefits to veterans who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or occupying temporary housing (see S. 1885), S6136 [29JY]

——— improve provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury (see H.R. 926), H1033 [12FE]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see S. 471), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 1356), H1635 [13MR] (see H.R. 2054), H2496 [28AP]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (see S. 2265), S7912 [10NO]

——— improve submission of information (see H.R. 1134), H1369 [26FE]

——— improve vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 2344), H3212 [14MY]

——— include local government minimum wage requirements in determining wages for work-study allowances under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 3979), H8151 [5NO]

——— 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), H479 [21JA]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 1911), H2354 [21AP]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H39 [6JA]

——— make certain improvements in laws relative to educational assistance (see H.R. 475), H530 [22JA]

——— make certain improvements to the monthly housing stipend payable under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2465), H3505 [20MY]

——— make grants for establishing coordinated networks of services and resources for veterans and their families (see H.R. 3312), H5764 [29JY]

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

——— make grants to eligible educational institutions to provide child care services on campus (see H.R. 3419), H5768 [29JY]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (see H.R. 1414), H1721 [17MR]

——— modify requirements for approval of courses using educational benefits (see S. 1938), S6379 [5AU]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see H.R. 748), H852 [5FE] (see H.R. 3949), H8150 [5NO]

——— provide for payment of childcare assistance to certain single parents who are participating in a departmental vocational rehabilitation program (see H.R. 3374), H5766 [29JY]

——— provide for temporary use of Veterans Choice Program funds for certain programs (see H.R. 3246), H5588 [28JY]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (see H.R. 2139), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 4080), H8410 [19NO]

——— provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see S. 2253), S7814 [5NO]

——— provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see H.R. 3991), H8152 [5NO]

——— reduce backlog of appeals of disability claims by facilitating pro bono legal assistance for veterans and provide authority to address unreasonably delayed claims (see S. 1286), S2759 [11MY]

——— repeal limitation of number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in the Independent Living Program (see H.R. 993), H1068 [13FE]

——— review list of veterans designated as former POW (see H.R. 3101), H5290 [16JY]

——— submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (see H.R. 216), H154 [8JA]

——— treat time spent by Armed Forces Reserve members receiving Dept. of Defense medical care as active duty for purposes of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 602), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1141), H1370 [26FE]

——— waive certain requirements relative to the approval of educational facilities for purposes of utilizing GI Bill benefits (see H.R. 2360), H3251 [15MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: call for joint operation of the Federal Recovery Coordination Program (see H.R. 914), H1032 [12FE]

——— ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (see H.R. 498), H531 [22JA]

——— improve reproductive assistance to severely wounded, ill, or injured Armed Forces members, veterans, and their spouses or partners and make child care program permanent (see S. 469), S926 [11FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2129), S7123 [5OC] (see H.R. 2577), H3581 [29MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), consideration (see H. Res. 287), H3641 [1JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: establish a grant pilot program to provide housing for elderly homeless veterans (see H.R. 2813), H4491 [17JN]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see S. 2427), S8883 [18DE]

——— promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 3535), H6136 [17SE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster (see H.R. 2996), H5029 [9JY]

Disasters: provide assistance for housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster and provide relief to homeowners affected by major disasters with mortgages insured, owned, or guaranteed by certain organizations (see H.R. 1297), H1612 [4MR]

Diseases: commemorate discovery of polio vaccine and support Federal and international efforts to eradicate disease (see S. Res. 108), S1781 [24MR]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1079), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2035), H2474 [27AP]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H1369 [26FE]

——— promote sickle cell trait research (see H. Res. 296), H3878 [3JN]

——— protect Medicare and VA benefits for medical device treatments for male incontinence and impotence resulting from treatment for prostate cancer and other diseases (see H. Res. 106), H982 [11FE]

——— 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 S. Res. 74), S984 [12FE] (see H. Res. 237), H2770 [30AP]

District of Columbia: establish District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2860), H4592 [23JN]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see S. 2171), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 10), H6794 [5OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H7026 [20OC]

Drought: provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (see S. 1837), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 2983), H4955 [8JY]

——— provide drought assistance to California (see H.R. 2898), H4769 [25JN]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), consideration (see H. Res. 362), H5171 [14JY]

——— provide for drought preparedness in New Mexico (see S. 1936), S6296 [4AU]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (see S. 1894), S6136 [29JY]

Drugs: combat heroin epidemic and assist forensic labs with addressing seized drug identification backlogs (see S. 2241), S7771 [4NO]

——— making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (see S. 2423), S8883 [18DE]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 1654), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2850), H4591 [23JN]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 3677), H6787 [1OC]

Drunken driving: designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking (see S. Res. 328), S8379 [3DE]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 3555), H6136 [17SE]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 966), H1067 [13FE]

——— encourage parent, family, and community involvement, provide needed integrated services and supports to assist students to stay in school, become successful learners, and improve academic achievement (see S. 412), S858 [9FE]

——— establish additional protections and disclosures for students and co-signers relative to student loans (see S. 1958), S6380 [5AU]

——— establish additional protections and disclosures for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see H.R. 3474), H5941 [10SE]

——— establish grants to assist in cost of compensation paid by employers to recent college graduates and to provide funding for further education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) (see H.R. 73), H38 [6JA]

——— express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (see H. Res. 247), H2792 [1MY]

——— improve early education (see S. 317), S653 [29JA]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1380), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2411), H3386 [19MY]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 265), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 618), H662 [28JA]

——— include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs (see S. 580), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1118), H1369 [26FE]

——— prohibit administrative offset of Social Security benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal student loans (see H.R. 3967), H8151 [5NO]

——— provide loan forgiveness to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers, tax credits for STEM school supplies and incentivize STEM hiring practices (see H.R. 2082), H2652 [29AP]

——— recognize challenges and burdens associated with rising costs of a college education and support proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students (see H. Con. Res. 10), H639 [27JA]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers (see S. 840), S1708 [23MR]

Election Assistance Commission: carry out pilot program to fund local educational agency initiatives to provide voter registration information to high school seniors (see H.R. 126), H40 [6JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 542), H8859 [1DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (see H. Res. 526), H8239 [16NO]

Employment: assist workers who have lost jobs or had a reduction in wages or hours due to the transition to clean energy and establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see S. 2398), S8602 [10DE]

——— carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training (see H.R. 1279), H1611 [4MR]

——— establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (see S. 1542), S4021 [10JN] (see H.R. 4174), H9011 [3DE]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 1902), S6186 [30JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see S. 1031), S2301 [21AP] (see S. 1124), S2473 [28AP]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see S. 741), S1528 [16MR] (see H.R. 1278), H1611 [4MR]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see S. 896), S2110 [13AP] (see H.R. 1775), H2209 [14AP]

——— make competitive awards to national estuary programs (see H.R. 573), H639 [27JA]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 3614), H6259 [25SE]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see H.R. 2068), H2497 [28AP]

——— increase availability of high-quality child care for working parents (see S. Res. 292), S7470 [22OC] (see H. Res. 386), H5589 [28JY]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see S. 1598), S4250 [17JN] (see H.R. 2802), H4490 [17JN]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (H.R. 2802), call for committee and floor consideration (see H. Res. 399), H5769 [29JY]

FCC: allow skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from Universal Service Fund Rural Health Care Program (see S. 1916), S6239 [3AU] (see H.R. 4111), H8411 [19NO]

——— prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see S. 56), S57 [7JA] (see S. 1621), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 266), H188 [9JA]

——— reform and modernize Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program (see S. 1472), S3406 [1JN] (see H.R. 2638), H3877 [3JN]

——— require a quarterly report on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund (see S. 1545), S4021 [10JN]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (see S. 1115), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 3089), H5290 [16JY]

——— consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 3617), H6260 [25SE]

——— create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see S. 236), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 484), H530 [22JA]

——— identify and prevent improper payments and identify strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing use of agency charge cards (see S. 1616), S4298 [18JN]

——— improve financial and administrative controls and procedures to assess and mitigate fraud risks and development and use of data analytics for fraud identification, prevention, and response (see S. 2133), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 4180), H9011 [3DE]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1073), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2003), H2463 [23AP]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (see S. 614), S1201 [27FE] (see H.R. 2320), H3211 [14MY]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 282), S589 [28JA] (see H.R. 598), H661 [28JA]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see S. 1888), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3300), H5763 [29JY]

——— strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 1378), S3059 [19MY]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 258), H188 [9JA]

Federal Railroad Administration: improve Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (see S. 797), S1659 [19MR]

Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1325), H1613 [4MR]

——— prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see S. 94), S58 [7JA]

FEMA: allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (see S. 487), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 947), H1034 [12FE]

——— award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire (see H.R. 1009), H1069 [13FE]

——— clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (see H.R. 3066), H5235 [15JY]

——— develop an integrated plan to reduce administrative costs relative to certain disaster relief and emergency assistance (see S. 2109), S7046 [30SE]

——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H2152 [13AP]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and residences under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2918), H4770 [25JN]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 141), H40 [6JA]

——— establish a multi-agency Federal team to improve and reform Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 4288), H9691 [17DE]

——— improve Federal disaster relief and emergency assistance to rural areas by improving access to the Individual Assistance Program (see H.R. 4243), H9306 [11DE]

——— prohibit recouping of certain assistance (see S. 406), S833 [5FE] (see S. 634), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 638), H702 [2FE] (see H.R. 797, 801), H855 [5FE]

——— provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 3863), H7346 [29OC]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 1090), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1546), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide for transparency, accountability, and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 2324), S8160 [19NO] (see H.R. 4107), H8411 [19NO]

——— provide for wildfire mitigation grants and financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires (see S. 1997), S6381 [5AU]

——— provide grant assistance to States for rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 2489), H3557 [21MY]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 830), H915 [10FE]

——— reform the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3297), H5763 [29JY]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3317), H5764 [29JY]

——— require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see S. 870), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 1685), H2109 [26MR]

——— submit a report on certain plans relative to assistance to applicants and grantees during response to an emergency or disaster (see H.R. 1765), H2208 [14AP]

Financial institutions: provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see S. 1816), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 1523), H1847 [23MR]

——— provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (see S. 1491), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2642), H3877 [3JN]

Firearms: establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 307), H357 [13JA]

Fish and fishing: authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities (see H.R. 2012), H2464 [23AP]

Food: decrease incidence of food waste (see H.R. 4184), H9025 [7DE]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see S. 644), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 392), H405 [14JA]

FRS: establish a grant program in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 1866), H2306 [16AP]

GAO: conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection (see S. 70), S58 [7JA]

——— study feasibility of modifying waiting period for entitlement to Social Security disability benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 4110), H8411 [19NO]

Government: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see S. 1089), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1613 [4MR]

Government Transformation Board: establish (see S. 2269), S7912 [10NO]

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

GSA: establish a program to sell Federal buildings that are not utilized to provide revenue for increases in Social Security benefits and military retirement pay (see H.R. 4071), H8360 [18NO]

Guam: provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam (see H.R. 3642), H6704 [29SE]

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 105), H39 [6JA]

——— establish tax credits and improve the health insurance market to expand access if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (see H.R. 2650), H3913 [4JN]

——— 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]

——— improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see S. 570), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 1055), H1162 [25FE]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 691), H755 [3FE] (see H.R. 2066), H2497 [28AP]

——— prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 484), S982 [12FE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

——— reform provision of insurance coverage by promoting health savings accounts, State-based alternatives, and price transparency if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (see S. 1531), S3925 [9JN] (see H.R. 2756), H4343 [12JN]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H1369 [26FE]

——— exempt continuing medical education events and the distribution of medical textbooks and peer-reviewed journals from manufacturer transparency reporting requirements (see H.R. 293), H356 [13JA]

——— improve educational opportunities for physician assistants (see H.R. 3944), H8150 [5NO]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H7346 [29OC]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2192), H2769 [30AP]

House Rules: require each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution to include an analysis of whether the bill or joint resolution creates a program, office, or initiative that would be duplicative (see H. Res. 45), H532 [22JA]

Housing: establish a secondary reserve fund for a housing enterprise under conservatorship to protect taxpayers against loss in the event of a housing downturn (see H.R. 1673), H2108 [26MR]

——— provide a tax credit for replacement costs associated with certain imported corrosive drywall and allow use of Community Development Block Grant Program amounts for repairs to housing constructed with such drywall (see H.R. 3545), H6136 [17SE]

——— provide housing opportunities through modernization of various housing programs (see H.R. 3700), H6892 [7OC]

——— 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]

——— 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: authorizing appropriations for domestic and foreign treatment centers for victims of torture (see S. 1670), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 2870), H4650 [24JN]

——— identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Hunger: increase support for income support and food programs to address hunger in communities (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6749 [30SE]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (see S. 1058), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 2220), H2792 [1MY]

Immigration: deny Federal funding to any State or local government with laws or policies that prevents maintaining custody of an illegal immigrant pursuant to a Dept. of Homeland Security detainer (see H.R. 3816), H7174 [23OC]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2964), H4954 [8JY]

——— 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]

——— limit Federal financial assistance to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law, publish sanctuary jurisdictions, and increase penalties for reentry by removed aliens (see S. 1812), S5210 [21JY]

——— prohibit admission of certain aliens as refugees until costs of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed (see H.R. 4244), H9306 [11DE]

——— prohibit aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. from being eligible for postsecondary education benefits not available to all citizens and U.S. nationals (see S. 60), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 3566), H6178 [18SE]

——— prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law (see S. 1764), S5061 [14JY] (see S. 1814), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 3002), H5029 [9JY] (see H.R. 3073), H5236 [15JY]

——— provide States with authority to withhold Federal financial assistance from units of local government that do not comply with immigration laws (see H.R. 3391), H5767 [29JY]

——— provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees (see H.R. 4267), H9374 [16DE]

——— strengthen refugee resettlement support programs (see H.R. 2798), H4490 [17JN]

——— suspend admission of refugees into the U.S. until certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4218), H9269 [10DE]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see S. 343), S736 [3FE] (see S. 499), S982 [12FE] (see S. 2005), S6434 [6AU] (see H.R. 918), H1033 [12FE]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 586), H660 [28JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 130), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 551), H638 [27JA]

Information technology: include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing (see H.R. 2372), H3252 [15MY]

IRS: provide taxpayer protection and assistance by establishing a statement of taxpayer rights and tax return preparation programs and improving IRS procedures (see S. 2333), S8191 [30NO] (see H.R. 4128), H8644 [30NO]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3290), H5763 [29JY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1169), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2728), H4241 [11JN]

Law enforcement: provide for oversight of, and place restrictions on, Federal programs that provide equipment to law enforcement agencies (see S. 1245), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 2326), H3211 [14MY]

——— support local agencies in efforts to serve communities and support use of body worn cameras to promote transparency and protect citizens (see H. Res. 295), H3878 [3JN]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 2194), H2770 [30AP] (see H.R. 2226), H2792 [1MY]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 2482), H3506 [20MY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see S. 2159), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3495), H5974 [11SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H6306 [28SE]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 25), S100 [8JA] (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— audit States to determine if such States used Medicaid funds in violation of any Federal prohibitions on funding for abortions (see H.R. 610), H661 [28JA]

——— clarify treatment of certain enrollment brokers (see H.R. 2107), H2653 [29AP]

——— clarify treatment of lottery winnings and other lump sum income for purposes of income eligibility (see H.R. 2339), H3212 [14MY]

——— count portions of income from annuities of a community spouse as income available to institutionalized spouses for purposes of medical assistance eligibility (see H.R. 1771), H2209 [14AP]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 626), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1221), H1565 [3MR]

——— encourage States to adopt administrative procedures relative to nonmedical exemptions from immunization requirements (see S. 1921), S6296 [4AU]

——— ensure health insurance continuity for former foster youth (see S. 1852), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3641), H6704 [29SE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 1083), H1163 [25FE]

——— extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (see S. 599), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 3681), H6792 [2OC]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 737), S1495 [12MR] (see S. 2118), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 2253), H2876 [12MY]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see S. 349), S736 [3FE] (see H.R. 670), H754 [3FE]

——— improve calculation, oversight, and accountability of non-disproportionate share hospital (DSH) supplemental payments (see H.R. 2151), H2768 [30AP]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3930), H7742 [4NO]

——— permit States to impose workforce requirements for individuals receiving medical assistance (see H.R. 886), H981 [11FE]

——— promote program integrity relative to enrollment of certain immigrants in State plans (see H.R. 2348), H3251 [15MY]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 429), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 835), H916 [10FE]

——— provide for the waiver of institutions for mental diseases (IMD) limitation in order to permit coverage for community-based inpatient substance use disorder treatment (see H.R. 1988), H2463 [23AP]

——— provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H7346 [29OC]

——— provide greater clarity for States relative to excluding providers whose actions a State suspects causes termination of fetuses born alive (see H.R. 3494), H5974 [11SE]

——— redistribute Federal funds that would otherwise be made available to States that do not provide for Medicaid expansion to States electing to provide those benefits (see H.R. 778), H854 [5FE]

——— require applications for State plan waivers only be approved if applications are budget neutral (see H.R. 2119), H2654 [29AP]

——— require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see S. 459), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 536), H582 [26JA]

——— require payment of an additional rebate to State plans in the case of increase in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate of inflation (see S. 1364), S2971 [18MY] (see H.R. 2391), H3308 [18MY]

——— require States to submit an annual report on sources of funds used to finance the non-Federal share of expenditures (see H.R. 1362), H1635 [13MR]

——— require use of electronic visit verification for personal care services (see H.R. 2446), H3388 [19MY]

——— restore coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the U.S. under the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau (see S. 1301), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 2249), H2876 [12MY]

——— strengthen Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clinics through improved reimbursement and expanded workforce and operations (see S. 2097), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3637), H6704 [29SE]

Medicare: allow chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts (see H.R. 3745), H6974 [9OC]

——— allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 488), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 3355), H5765 [29JY]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 25), S100 [8JA] (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (see S. 1453), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 1418), H1767 [18MR]

——— coverage of high cost durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2437), H3387 [19MY]

——— designate Rural Emergency Hospitals to sustain emergency services in rural areas (see S. 1648), S4544 [23JN]

——— eliminate Medicare Advantage provision that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4275), H9374 [16DE]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see S. 629), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 977), H1067 [13FE] (see H.R. 1784), H2209 [14AP]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see S. 704), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 2704), H4001 [9JN] (see H.R. 4212), H9269 [10DE]

——— establish a program to improve care for the most costly fee-for-service beneficiaries through use of comprehensive and effective care management while reducing Government costs for these beneficiaries (see H.R. 3244), H5588 [28JY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program for use under Medicare Advantage plans, preserve beneficiary choice, and revise treatment of infusion drugs furnished through durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2581), H3581 [29MY]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see S. 1465), S3310 [22MY] (see H.R. 2799), H4490 [17JN]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 607), S1201 [27FE] (see H.R. 672), H754 [3FE]

——— improve efficiency of appeals process (see S. 2368), S8494 [8DE]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1112 [24FE]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program (see S. 2197), S7470 [22OC] (see H.R. 2579), H3581 [29MY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H3581 [29MY]

——— improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 1012), H1073 [17FE]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (see S. 971), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 2196), H2791 [1MY]

——— make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income beneficiaries in Puerto Rico or other territories (see S. 2342), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 4163), H8970 [2DE]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see S. 626), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1221), H1565 [3MR]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see S. 2148), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3696), H6892 [7OC]

——— prevent surprise billing practices (see H.R. 3770), H7026 [20OC]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H1369 [26FE]

——— provide coverage of certain disposable medical technologies (see S. 1253), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 1018), H1084 [20FE]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H4861 [7JY]

——— provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 1135), S2530 [29AP]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 1509), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2404), H3309 [18MY]

——— provide relief to Medicare Advantage plans with a significant number of dually eligible or low-income subsidy beneficiaries and prevent termination of two star plans (see S. 2104), S7046 [30SE]

——— provide that payments made to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (see S. 1211), S2687 [6MY] (see H.R. 1250), H1609 [4MR]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1067 [13FE]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 1083), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2005), H2464 [23AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 624), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1220), H1565 [3MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3356), H5765 [29JY]

——— continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H223 [12JA]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 861), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 818), H866 [9FE] (see H.R. 3718), H6935 [8OC]

——— establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 952), H1035 [12FE]

——— implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see S. 395), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 837), H916 [10FE]

——— improve payments for durable medical equipment (see S. 2312), S8160 [19NO]

——— improve payments for hospital outpatient department services and complex rehabilitation technology and improve program integrity (see S. 2409), S8725 [16DE] (see H.R. 4273), H9374 [16DE]

——— make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (see S. 1961), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 2635), H3877 [3JN]

——— require use of electronic visit verification systems for home health and personal care services (see S. 2416), S8793 [17DE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see S. 1945), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 2646), H3912 [4JN]

Mortgages: establish programs to encourage use of shared equity mortgage modifications (see S. 1582), S4202 [16JN]

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: reauthorize and update grants to address problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress (see S. 1494), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2632), H3877 [3JN]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 935), H1034 [12FE]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see S. Res. 199), S4104 [11JN] (see H. Res. 207), H2307 [16AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 710), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 360), H404 [14JA]

Native Americans: exempt Alaska Native and American Indian programs from budget sequestration (see H.R. 3063), H5172 [14JY]

——— facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (see S. 1443), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 329), H358 [13JA]

——— promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program (see S. 1419), S3237 [21MY]

——— provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 2274), S7913 [10NO]

——— provide grants to eligible entities to develop and maintain or improve and expand before school, afterschool, and summer school programs for Indian and Alaska Native students (see S. 1745), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 3252), H5588 [28JY]

——— provide tribal demonstration projects for integration of early childhood development and education, including Native language and culture (see S. 2304), S8079 [18NO]

NIH: ensure sharing of data generated from research with the public (see H.R. 2456), H3388 [19MY]

——— improve loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2440), H3387 [19MY]

NSF: establish program to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1924), H2354 [21AP]

——— provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research and promote the progress of science that serves the national interest (see H.R. 3293), H5763 [29JY]

——— support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs (see S. 444), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 831), H916 [10FE]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (see H.R. 1020), H1084 [20FE]

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]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 192), S283 [20JA]

OMB: report on disaster assistance obligations of the Federal Government (see H.R. 385), H405 [14JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H6973 [9OC]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 2711), H4135 [10JN]

——— remove citizenship and immigration barriers to access to exchanges (see H.R. 3659), H6749 [30SE]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 588), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 2488), H3557 [21MY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1085), H1163 [25FE]

——— require States awarded grants to establish an exchange and that terminate such exchange provide an audit of use of grant funds and return funds to Federal Government (see H.R. 4262), H9373 [16DE]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see S. 1996), S6381 [5AU]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy (see H.R. 2712), H4135 [10JN]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 1476), H1802 [19MR]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (see S. 2023), S6604 [10SE] (see H.R. 3513), H6074 [16SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1861), S5682 [24JY] (see S. 1881), S6073 [28JY] (see H.R. 3301), H5763 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding pending congressional review of GAO report on activities (see H.R. 3443), H5847 [8SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see S. 1836), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), call for committee and floor consideration (see H. Res. 399), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H6073 [16SE]

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

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see S. 1041), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1930), H2415 [22AP]

——— impose tax on greenhouse gas emissions, reduce corporate tax rate to mitigate high energy costs, assist displaced coal industry workers, and protect consumers from transition to new energy sources (see H.R. 2202), H2791 [1MY]

——— modernize U.S. energy policy (see S. 2012), S6532 [9SE]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 396), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 747), H852 [5FE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 2181), S7304 [19OC] (see H.R. 164), H42 [6JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see S. 69), S58 [7JA]

Public welfare programs: amend purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include reducing poverty by increasing employment entry, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 2966), H4954 [8JY]

——— clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3026), H5088 [10JY]

——— conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2968), H4954 [8JY]

——— conduct demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2990), H5028 [9JY]

——— develop a database of projects that are proven or promising in terms of moving welfare recipients into work (see H.R. 2967), H4954 [8JY]

——— eliminate the separate participation rate for 2-parent families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance (see H.R. 2969), H4954 [8JY]

——— increase number of months of vocational training that may be counted as work to satisfy Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 1281), H1611 [4MR]

——— prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 2959), H4861 [7JY]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 2331), H3211 [14MY] (see H.R. 3010), H5029 [9JY]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 1179), H1499 [27FE]

——— provide payments to States for increasing employment, job retention, and earnings of former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2952), H4861 [7JY]

——— reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3486), H5942 [10SE]

——— require certain programs to deny benefits to persons who fail a drug test (see H.R. 3047), H5117 [13JY]

——— require States to implement a cash withdrawal daily limit for recipients of cash assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 1288), S2793 [12MY]

——— require States to implement drug testing program for applicants and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 64), S58 [7JA]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 1043), S2352 [22AP]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H5764 [29JY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 667), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1299), H1612 [4MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 1350), S2933 [14MY] (see S. 1647), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2353), H3251 [15MY] (see H.R. 2410), H3386 [19MY] (see H.R. 3038), H5116 [13JY] (see H.R. 3064), H5235 [15JY] (see H.R. 3236), H5588 [28JY] (see H.R. 3763), H7026 [20OC] (see H.R. 3819), H7174 [23OC] (see H.R. 3996), H8239 [16NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3308 [18MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (see H. Res. 362), H5171 [14JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (see H. Res. 388), H5587 [28JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 262), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 1779), H2209 [14AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3331), H5764 [29JY]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (see H.R. 2397), H3308 [18MY]

——— carry out a pilot program on issuing grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire qualifying businesses (see S. 1862), S5710 [26JY] (see S. 1870), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 3248), H5588 [28JY]

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (see S. 956), S2220 [15AP]

——— direct Office of Veterans Business Development task force to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (see S. 1400), S3183 [20MY] (see H.R. 2221), H2792 [1MY]

——— ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 4156), H8970 [2DE]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (see S. 1811), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 208), H154 [8JA]

——— establish an incubator and accelerator grant program for veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 2273), S7913 [10NO]

——— establish minimum standards of disclosure by franchises to franchisees who use SBA guaranteed loans (see H.R. 3195), H5466 [23JY] (see H.R. 3559), H6178 [18SE]

——— establish Regional Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program (see S. 2136), S7159 [6OC]

——— establish Scale-Up Manufacturing Investment Company (SUMIC) Program (see S. 1934), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 3468), H5865 [9SE]

——— establish veterans’ business outreach center program and improve certain other veterans programs (see S. 1866), S5928 [27JY]

——— exempt certain loans from prohibition against receiving duplicative financial assistance in the case of a disaster (see H.R. 2594), H3641 [1JN]

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (see S. 1857), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 2670), H3914 [4JN]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 1266), S2759 [11MY]

——— extend and expand State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3912), H7624 [3NO]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 966), S2221 [15AP] (see H.R. 2266), H2876 [12MY]

——— help small businesses reduce energy costs by extending the Certified Development Company (CDC)/504 loan program to businesses looking to invest in energy efficiency improvements (see S. 1756), S5061 [14JY]

——— improve small business development centers (see S. 999), S2245 [16AP] (see H.R. 207), H154 [8JA]

——— improve the Microloan Program (see S. 1445), S3238 [21MY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see S. 957), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 2499), H3558 [21MY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5330 [21JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see S. 552), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1023), H1113 [24FE]

——— increase oversight of small business assistance programs (see S. 115), S59 [7JA]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see S. 1859), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3175), H5465 [23JY]

——— provide additional assistance to small business concerns for disaster recovery (see S. 1470), S3341 [31MY]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2126), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 4027), H8279 [17NO]

——— treat certain qualified disaster areas as HUBZones and extend the period for HUBZone treatment for certain defense base closure areas (see S. 1292), S2794 [12MY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 102), S59 [7JA] (see S. 316), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 1639), H2033 [25MR]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 2407), H3386 [19MY]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1513), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 3406), H5767 [29JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 517), S983 [12FE] (see S. 1925), S6296 [4AU] (see S. 2164), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3257), H5588 [28JY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 3588), H6188 [22SE]

——— 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 access to health and financial support services (see S. 1574), S4137 [15JN]

——— provide equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older individuals (see S. 1765), S5061 [14JY] (see H.R. 3793), H7089 [21OC]

——— 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), H5765 [29JY]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 273), H223 [12JA]

Social Security: adjust amount of monthly old-age, survivors, and disability insurance payments based on locality-based comparability payment rates (see H.R. 4115), H8411 [19NO]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 246), S6381 [5AU]

——— disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 139), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 209), H154 [8JA]

——— eliminate two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 2780), H4382 [15JN]

——— eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2585), H3641 [1JN]

——— enhance benefits and ensure long-term solvency (see S. 731), S1494 [12MR]

——— ensure contributions made by workers are available to pay all benefits which they have earned (see S. 2090), S6975 [28SE] (see H.R. 3621), H6306 [28SE]

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

——— establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 603), H661 [28JA]

——— exclude certain medical sources of evidence in making disability determinations (see S. 1198), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1936), H2415 [22AP]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1033 [12FE]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 522), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 2), H1898 [24MR]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 173), H2031 [25MR]

——— implement various reforms to the disability insurance program (see H.R. 3482), H5942 [10SE]

——— improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see S. 960), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 1811), H2268 [15AP]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 466), S926 [11FE]

——— increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 1109), H1368 [26FE]

——— invest child welfare funds to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families to reduce the prevalence and length of foster care (see S. 1964), S6380 [5AU]

——— 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), H5401 [22JY]

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see S. 1758), S5061 [14JY] (see H.R. 2504), H3558 [21MY]

——— prohibit assignment of account numbers and payment of disability benefits to, and deny credit toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by, certain illegal aliens (see H.R. 1996), H2463 [23AP]

——— prohibit recovery of certain overpayments through tax refund offsets and prohibit application of the earnings test relative to child’s insurance benefits (see H.R. 2774), H4381 [15JN]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 380), H405 [14JA]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see S. 1904), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 1391), H1720 [17MR]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 428), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 700), H810 [4FE]

——— provide for a phased-in payment of disability insurance benefits during the waiting period for individuals with a terminal illness (see S. 2010), S6532 [9SE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H2464 [23AP]

——— provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 2781), H4382 [15JN]

——— provide for increases in widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 2782), H4382 [15JN]

——— provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of disability titles (see H.R. 3499), H5974 [11SE]

——— provide greater transparency and information relative to Federal expenditures under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in U.S. territories (see H.R. 1570), H1899 [24MR]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see S. 298), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 546), H638 [27JA]

——— raise the retirement benefits age for certain individuals (see H.R. 1366), H1660 [16MR]

——— reduce Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program fraud in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3444), H5847 [8SE]

——— reform (see H.R. 1756), H2152 [13AP]

——— remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 4201), H9205 [9DE]

——— repeal seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits based on disability under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 2779), H4382 [15JN]

——— require applicable manufacturers to include information on payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in certain transparency reports (see S. 2153), S7219 [7OC]

——— 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 S. 968), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 842), H916 [10FE]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see S. 1940), S6379 [5AU]

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

SSA: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see S. 369), S772 [4FE]

——— implement certain recordkeeping recommendations (see H.R. 2777), H4382 [15JN]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 1419), H1767 [18MR]

——— make on-line tools available to allow individuals to assess the impact of earnings on eligibility for, and amount of, disability benefits received through Federal and State programs (see S. 1197), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1795), H2268 [15AP]

——— prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 204), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 409), H430 [20JA]

——— prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6074 [16SE]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (see S. 1923), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2135), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (see S. 1922), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2136), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3679), H6787 [1OC]

——— require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress and clarify process for closure of field offices (see H.R. 2169), H2768 [30AP]

——— update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (see S. 1194), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1800), H2268 [15AP]

SSI: authorize extension to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 1822), H2269 [15AP]

——— condition eligibility of disabled children aged 16 or 17 for benefits on school attendance (see H.R. 2511), H3559 [21MY]

——— update eligibility (see S. 1387), S3060 [19MY] (see H.R. 2442), H3387 [19MY]

States: assess impact of Federal taxation and spending (see H.R. 787), H854 [5FE]

——— engage more Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients in activities leading to employment and self-sufficiency and simplify State administration of work requirements (see H.R. 2991), H5028 [9JY]

——— exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs to individuals sterilized under a government-sponsored program from determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits (see S. 1698), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2949), H4861 [7JY]

——— test methods of program integration and coordination of services to move individuals and families towards self-sufficiency, reduce welfare dependence, and increase work and earnings (see H.R. 534), H582 [26JA]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction (see H.R. 3676), H6787 [1OC]

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]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 959), S2220 [15AP] (see S. 2020), S6533 [9SE]

——— exclude from gross income any amount awarded under a Federal Pell Grant and any portion of a scholarship used by a full-time student for room and board (see H.R. 3452), H5847 [8SE]

——— exclude from gross income certain clean coal power grants to non-corporate taxpayers (see S. 919), S2172 [14AP]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see S. 536), S1074 [24FE] (see H.R. 1842), H2305 [16AP]

——— extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 3861), H7346 [29OC]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit and allow small employers a credit for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4178), H9011 [3DE]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 996), S2245 [16AP]

——— increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 537), S1074 [24FE]

——— increase certain fuel taxes, strengthen the earned income tax and child tax credits, and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment (see S. 1994), S6381 [5AU]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H532 [22JA]

——— inflation adjust the limitation on dependent care assistance programs and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2891), H4768 [25JN]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see S. 1193), S2650 [5MY] (see H.R. 1142), H1370 [26FE]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3553), H6136 [17SE]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and provide equitable treatment relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 2203), S7470 [22OC] (see H.R. 4213), H9269 [10DE]

——— phaseout Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account (see H.R. 1551), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide an increasingly larger earned income credit for families with more than a certain number of children (see H.R. 1757), H2152 [13AP]

——— provide equitable treatment for residents of Puerto Rico relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3552), H6136 [17SE]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 440), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 3095), H5290 [16JY]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (see S. 1548), S4021 [10JN]

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 260), H188 [9JA]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 1907), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 3311), H5764 [29JY]

——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence and invest revenue in low-income housing programs (see H.R. 1662), H2108 [26MR]

——— require that individual taxpayer identification number applicants submit their application in person at taxpayer assistance centers (see S. 1397), S3183 [20MY]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and expand eligibility for childless individuals and youth formerly in foster care (see S. 2327), S8160 [19NO]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 1012), S2272 [20AP]

Terrorism: reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and create fund to compensate U.S. victims of state sponsored terrorism who hold final judgments from Article III courts (see H.R. 3858), H7346 [29OC]

Transportation: coordinate services for transportation-disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 4082), H8410 [19NO]

——— ensure each State receives a fair percentage of total Federal highway funding (see S. 2103), S7046 [30SE]

Unemployment: ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2219), H2791 [1MY]

——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 2503), H3558 [21MY]

——— require drug testing as a condition for application and receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1136), H1369 [26FE]

——— require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2148), H2767 [30AP]

Urban areas: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (see S. 1889), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3295), H5763 [29JY]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (see H.R. 3040), H5116 [13JY]

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs and clarify eligibility for services under such programs (see S. 425), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 474), H530 [22JA]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2861), H4592 [23JN]

——— provide discounted fares on public transportation (see H.R. 127), H40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1645), H2107 [26MR]

——— provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 252), H188 [9JA]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (see H.R. 341), H403 [14JA]

——— waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (see S. 1731), S4953 [9JY]

Water: 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 S. 176), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 291), H356 [13JA]

——— remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H6980 [16OC]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 653), S1302 [4MR]

Whistleblowing: enhance protection for contractor and grantee employees (see S. 795), S1629 [18MR]

Women: expand health programs (see S. 674), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 3652), H6749 [30SE]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3841), H7254 [27OC]

Cloture motions

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1475 [12MR], S1563, S1564, S1575 [17MR], S1614 [18MR], S1641 [19MR], S2162 [14AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8075 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), motion to proceed, S7963 [16NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S5002 [13JY], S5098 [15JY], S5149 [16JY], S8030, S8033 [18NO]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, S8425 [3DE], S8453 [8DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6161 [30JY], S6227 [3AU]

Conference reports

Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), H8444–H8634 [30NO]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), H8679–H8822 [1DE]

Cost Estimates

Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012): CBO, S8236 [1DE]

E-mails

Higher Education Extension Act: Mary Bodnar, S6993 [29SE]

——— Michael Bodnar, S6993 [29SE]

Essays

State of the Union: Freidemann Schmidt, S343 [21JA]

——— Kathy Joseph, S342 [21JA]

Excerpts

‘‘Half the Sky—Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’’: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, S1601–S1613, S1619, S1620 [18MR]

Explanations

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22): Payments From Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to Certified States and Indian Tribes, H8997 [3DE]

Histories

Resilient Federal Forests Act (H.R. 2647): Title IX—Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land, H4987 [9JY]

Letters

Allow local educational agencies to administer their own, locally designed academic assessment system in place of the State-designed academic system: Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H1258 [26FE]

Automated license plate recognition technology: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H3988 [9JN]

——— several law enforcement organizations, H3989 [9JN]

Bipartisan Budget Act: Conservative Action Project (organization), S7644 [29OC]

Budget 2016–2025: Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H1891 [24MR]

——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H1890 [24MR]

——— James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, Inc., H1891 [24MR]

Central Texas Corridor designation as the future Interstate Route I-14: J.F. Weber, Texas Dept. of Transportation, H7582 [3NO]

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7797 [5NO]

——— Randy Griffin, CSRA Business Lending (business), S7797 [5NO]

——— Scott Gardiner, Granite State Development Corp., S7796 [5NO]

——— Stephen Ursich, Northeastern Economic Development Co., S7797 [5NO]

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

Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act: James Corless, Transportation for America (organization), S6115 [29JY]

Defund Planned Parenthood Act: National Health Law Program (organization) and National Women’s Law Center, H6326 [29SE]

——— several organizations, H6163 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense placement of University of Phoenix on probationary and potential termination status relative to participation in the Tuition Assistance Program for active duty military personnel: Senators McCain, Flake, and Alexander, S7572 [28OC]

——— several organizations, S7607 [29OC]

Dept. of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance program extension: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4263 [12JN]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H4263 [12JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4263 [12JN]

Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: several transportation-related organizations, S7183 [7OC]

District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization: Anita Bonds, District of Columbia Council, H7066 [21OC]

——— several District of Columbia Council members, H7062 [21OC]

——— several District of Columbia parents of schoolchildren, H7068 [21OC]

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act: several health and medical research organizations, H6277 [28SE]

Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization: Phil Mendelson, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, H2862 [12MY]

Higher Education Extension Act: Beverly Warren, Kent State University, S6993 [29SE]

——— James H. Page, University of Maine System, S6988 [29SE]

——— Marvin Krislov, Oberlin College & Conservatory, S6993 [29SE]

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H590 [27JA]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H590 [27JA]

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Darla Bardine, National Network for Youth, S1477 [12MR]

——— David Stacy, Human Rights Campaign, S1477 [12MR]

——— Donna Barry, Center for American Progress, S1478 [12MR]

——— Edith Klimoski, Give Way to Freedom (organization), S1478 [12MR]

——— Kreig Pinkham, Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, S1477 [12MR]

——— several human rights and child welfare organizations, H3278 [18MY]

——— several law enforcement organizations, S1358 [10MR]

——— several organizations, S1356, S1357 [10MR]

——— several religious organizations, S2328 [22AP]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding prohibition: Andie Martinez Patterson, California Primary Care Association, S6226 [3AU]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., women’s health care services funding redirection to general health care centers: Carmela Castellano Garcia, California Primary Care Association, H6157 [18SE]

Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act: several housing organizations, H5135 [14JY]

Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2081 [26MR]

Reallocate funds from Old-Age and Survivors Disability Insurance Fund to Social Security Disability Insurance program: Joyce A. Rogers, AARP, S813 [5FE]

——— Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S814 [5FE]

Repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H2043 [26MR]

——— Rich Umbdenstock, American Hospital Association, H2043 [26MR]

——— Richard C. Pieters, Massachusetts Medical Society, H2042 [26MR]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Douglas D. Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H7161 [23OC]

——— Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life (organization), H7162 [23OC]

——— David Christensen, Family Research Council, H7161 [23OC]

——— Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List, Inc., H7160 [23OC]

SBA expansion of the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure: Michael Cooper, Association of Defense Communities, S2761 [11MY]

State education accountability systems requirement to provide additional resources to schools with low graduation rates, low-performing subgroups, or well-below average achievement: Mary Kusler, National Education Association (excerpt), S5117 [15JY]

Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H593 [27JA]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H593 [27JA]

Strengthen care and support for those with Alzheimer’s, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding: George Vradenburg, USAgainstAlzheimers (organization), S1005 [12FE]

——— Ian Kremer, Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (organization), S1004 [12FE]

——— Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association, S1005 [12FE]

Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E1600 [5NO]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1600 [5NO]

Tenant Income Verification Relief Act: Barbara Sard, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H1813 [23MR]

——— Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H1814 [23MR]

——— several housing organizations, H1813 [23MR]

——— Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, H1814 [23MR]

——— Timothy G. Kaiser, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, H1813 [23MR]

Trade Preferences Extension Act: Richard L. Trumka, AFL–CIO, H4693 [25JN]

Western Water and American Food Security Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5243 [16JY]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5243 [16JY]

Women’s Public Health and Safety Act: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H6318 [29SE]

——— Karin Johanson and Georgeanne M. Usova, ACLU, H6317 [29SE]

——— Mark S. DeFranceso, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H6317 [29SE]

——— Reid B. Blackwelder, American Academy of Family Physicians, H6325 [29SE]

Lists

Anti-trafficking, child welfare, and law enforcement organizations supporting H.R. 181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, H558 [26JA]

Legislation associated with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., H6086 [17SE]

National Capital region congressional delegation, H2862 [12MY]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H1132 [25FE]

Organizations supporting Casey amendment to S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, on improved early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4933 [9JY]

Organizations supporting conference report on S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, H8891 [2DE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, S2152 [14AP], H2042, H2079 [26MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7309 [28OC]

Organizations supporting Representative Robert C. Scott substitute amendment to H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H1483 [27FE]

Organizations supporting S. 262, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S1359 [10MR]

Top five critical infrastructure projects in the District of Columbia stalled until there is a long-term surface transportation reauthorization, H2862 [12MY]

Memorandums

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Edward C. Liu and Jon O. Shimabukuro, S2228 [16AP]

Moratorium on Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Relative to Provision of Abortion Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Democratic Staff, H6100 [17SE]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H509 [22JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1614 [18MR]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4932 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S7963 [16NO], H3996 [9JN]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7076 [21OC]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5281 [16JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S8029 [18NO], H8271 [17NO]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), H6334 [29SE]

——— extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (S. 599), S8175 [19NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6161 [30JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6165 [18SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3338 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5210 [15JY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2158, S2159, S2160, S2161 [14AP]

Petitions and memorials

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board: Federal surface transportation programs reauthorization, H2863 [12MY]

Press releases

CCAGW Praises FY 2016 House Balanced Budget Resolution: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H1891 [24MR]

Construction Employment Declines in Half of the States Between May and June as Congress Seeks New Way To Pay for Needed Transportation Upgrades: Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., S5898 [27JY]

House Budget Proposal: Americans for Prosperity (organization), H1891 [24MR]

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Legal Momentum (organization), S1478 [12MR]

Planned Parenthood Condemns Effort To Insert Extreme Anti-Abortion Agenda Into Bill on Human Trafficking: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., S1477 [12MR]

Planned Parenthood Inspections Find Deficiencies at Clinics: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (final version), H6157 [18SE]

——— Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (original version), H6156 [18SE]

Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Bipartisan Policy Center (organization), H2044 [26MR]

——— Massachusetts Hospital Association, H2042 [26MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (H.R. 2972), H5606 [29JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), H5534 [28JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), H6126 [17SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H2040, H2041, H2045, H2072, H2074, H2081, H2082, H2091 [26MR], H4982, H5013, H5014 [9JY], H5072, H5073 [10JY], E1046 [13JY], E1069 [15JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H483, H484, H494–H511 [22JA], H2894 [13MY], H5760 [29JY], E110 [26JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H485–H494 [22JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H509 [22JA]

Agricultural College Act: anniversary, E569 [23AP]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs, H4547 [23JN]

——— reform sugar price support program (S. 475), H6087 [17SE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 413), H5187 [15JY]

Amtrak: capital and debt service grants funding through reductions in FAA operations account funding, H3839, H3840 [3JN]

Armed Forces: improve assistance to veterans transitioning into civilian life, H7630 [4NO]

BLS: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security, H7037 [21OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1011 [12FE]

——— reform entitlement programs, H1554–H1556 [3MR], H1701–H1704 [17MR], H1754 [18MR], H3379–H3382 [19MY], H10703–H10706 [18DE]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7257, H7258, H7268–H7312 [28OC], H7954 [5NO]

Bureau of Reclamation: water reclamation programs and water reuse projects for Western States and Hawaii funding, H5278, H5279 [16JY]

Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes, H4977 [9JY]

——— provide regulatory relief to facilitate capital formation and to ensure greater consumer access to financial products and services, H7736, H7737 [4NO]

California: develop comprehensive water plan to include conservation, recycling, creation of new storage systems, fixing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a science driven process, and protecting existing water rights, H4584–H4588 [23JN], H5580–H5583 [28JY], E970–E973 [24JN]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize, H992, H993 [12FE], H8436 [30NO]

Center for Immigration Studies: release of study on welfare use by immigrant and native households, E1752 [9DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), H7079, H7080 [21OC]

Chambersburg, PA: tribute to Franklin County Head Start Program, E1416 [2OC]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H538 [26JA]

——— extend antitrust exemption for higher education institutions relative to the award of need-based educational aid (S. 1482), H5490, H5491 [27JY]

——— 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]

——— support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education, H2368 [22AP], H3767 [3JN]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (H.R. 3078), E1075 [15JY]

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (H.R. 1831), H5486–H5488 [27JY]

Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency: establish (H.R. 1578), H9385, H9388 [17DE]

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), H6846, H6869–H6879 [7OC]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, H10698, H10699 [18DE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1941–H1946 [25MR]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1750–H1755 [18MR], H1934–H1938 [25MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 217), H397 [14JA], H5320, H5322, H5323, H5325 [21JY]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 1562), H2241–H2243 [15AP]

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

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking, H5808 [8SE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (H.R. 181), H558 [26JA], H600–H607 [27JA], H2023 [25MR], H5760 [29JY], E123 [27JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), H1668 [17MR], H2422 [23AP], H2480, H2493 [28AP], H3266–H3284 [18MY], H3319 [19MY], H4169 [11JN], E695 [13MY]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 47), H3504 [20MY]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (S. 675), H3299 [18MY], E529 [20AP]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking, H3281 [18MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 159), H561, H562 [26JA], H592–H595 [27JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: assessment of Regional Conservation Partnership Program projects, H586 [27JA]

——— demographics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants, H707 [3FE]

——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (H.R. 1025), E239 [24FE]

——— modify grants for certain areawide integrated pest management projects (H.R. 3893), H7638 [4NO]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (H.R. 1061), H7199, H7245 [27OC], E1547 [27OC], E1564 [29OC]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (H.R. 3657), H6718 [30SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H228 [13JA], H1004 [12FE], H1170 [26FE], H1726 [18MR], H1864, H1865 [24MR], H2883 [13MY], H3316 [19MY], H4547 [23JN], H6310, H6315 [29SE], H8345 [18NO], E1407 [1OC]

——— tribute to StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity, H9191 [9DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish collaborative programs to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education at historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions, H3176 [14MY]

——— post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4067, H4068 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H4115 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 1131), E259 [26FE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 1434), H1865–H1867 [24MR], H2025, H2028 [25MR], H2411 [22AP], H2968 [14MY]

——— allow local educational agencies to administer their own, locally designed academic assessment system in place of the State-designed academic system, H1257–H1259 [26FE]

——— allow State education agencies and eligible entities to use Local Academic Flexible Grant funds to audit and streamline assessment systems, H1277, H1278 [26FE]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, H4911, H4912 [8JY]

——— allow States to use local educational agencies’ aid funds for apprenticeships and comprehensive career counseling, H1259, H1260 [26FE]

——— appoint a neutral ombudsman to ensure K–12 textbooks are held to high academic standards, H1259 [26FE]

——— authorize a competitive grant program to implement and evaluate digital learning in rural locales, H1296, H1297 [26FE]

——— authorize borrowers of Federal Direct Loan Program loans to modify interest rate to be equal to interest rate at time of modification, H744 [3FE]

——— authorize local educational agencies and schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs or activities (H.R. 3067), H5177 [15JY]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language, H1294 [26FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (H.R. 3604), E1352 [24SE]

——— clarify definition of ‘‘school leader’’, H1283 [26FE]

——— develop a national research strategy for the collection, analysis, and assessment of student achievement data, H1290 [26FE]

——— disapprove any State plan that fails to demonstrate a separate reporting of academic assessments for foster children, H1257 [26FE]

——— encourage collaboration and sharing of best practices between charter schools and local education agencies, H1275, H1276 [26FE]

——— encourage States and local educational agencies to establish and support effective dropout prevention and reentry programs, H1289 [26FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 2268), E673 [12MY]

——— ensure funds received by States under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may not be used to fill prior unfunded liability shortfalls in teacher pension programs, H1291, H1292 [26FE], H8868 [2DE]

——— ensure proposed regulations will not adversely impact minorities, students with disabilities, English learners, and low income students, H1393, H1394 [27FE]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H8881 [2DE]

——— establish a full-service community schools grant program, H8888 [2DE]

——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program, H8887 [2DE]

——— exclude certain marijuana-related offenses from drug-related offenses that result in students being barred from receiving Federal educational loans, grants, and work assistance (H.R. 3561), E1322 [18SE]

——— express importance of safeguarding students’ personally identifiable information, H1285 [26FE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), H6279–H6281 [28SE], E1383 [29SE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), Senate amendment, H9676 [17DE]

——— Federal Pell Grant Program funding, H2670 [30AP]

——— improve accountability and ensure proper oversight of taxpayer funded grants, H1291 [26FE]

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations and establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern relative to intercollegiate athletics (H.R. 2731), H4246 [12JN]

——— increase low-income student assistance funding for outlying areas (H.R. 851), E191 [10FE]

——— increase weight of non-connected children residing in public-private venture housing located on military property for the purposes of Impact Aid basic support payment calculations, H1281 [26FE]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 2545), E786 [21MY]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H1669 [17MR], H2024–H2029 [25MR], H2409–H2411 [22AP], H6883–H6890 [7OC]

——— provide for additional disaggregation of data for local education agencies with larger populations of Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander students, E1745 [9DE]

——— provide for intensive care reading labs and for specialization of school staffing for the purposes of basic skills in language arts, math, and science, H1280 [26FE]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (H.R. 2773), E895 [15JN]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program, H993 [12FE]

——— reaffirm right of students, teachers, and school administrators to free exercise of religion, H1292, H1293 [26FE]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program, H1376 [27FE]

——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions (H.R. 2521), E776 [21MY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (H.R. 242), H6799 [6OC]

——— require annual statewide assessments to measure student growth and require student growth to be a component of achievement within a State’s established accountability system, H1256, H1257 [26FE]

——— require school districts that use local educational agencies’ aid funds for afterschool and summer programs to report and describe activities in local plans, H1260, H1261 [26FE]

——— require school districts to hire paraprofessionals with certain qualifications, H1261, H1262 [26FE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to adhere to certain maintenance of effort requirements prior to receiving Federal educational funds, H1262, H1263 [26FE]

——— require States to provide a description for college and career counseling opportunities for homeless youth in their State plan, H1289, H1290 [26FE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (H.R. 4101), E1657 [19NO]

——— sunset certain Federal educational regulations, H1255, H1256 [26FE]

——— support charter schools as a critical part of education system and support opening more charter schools, H1274, H1275 [26FE]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (H. Res. 294), H6280 [28SE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H985 [12FE], H1092 [24FE], H1121, H1138, H1142–H1150 [25FE], H1168, H1174, H1175, H1193–H1299 [26FE], H1393–H1483 [27FE], H2130 [13AP], H4014 [10JN], H4869, H4870, H4871, H4872, H4873, H4876, H4879, H4908–H4935 [8JY], H5337 [22JY], H5760 [29JY], H8652 [1DE], E262 [26FE], E274 [27FE], E1013 [8JY], E1021 [9JY], E1044, E1056 [13JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 121), H1126–H1134 [25FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1180–H1192 [26FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 347), H4879–H4887 [8JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), corrections in engrossment, H4946 [8JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H4933 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H2723 [30AP]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program, H8842 [1DE], H8939 [2DE]

——— strengthen energy infrastructure resiliency and improve energy efficiency by incentivizing local renewable thermal energy and waste heat and providing assistance to establish distributed energy systems, H8941, H8942 [2DE]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program, H3296 [18MY], H3320 [19MY], H3401, H3403, H3405 [20MY], H3511, H3545 [21MY], E736, E739 [18MY], E756 [20MY], E790 [22MY], E1416 [2OC]

——— anniversary of Head Start Program (H. Res. 92), H3510 [21MY], E172 [5FE], E774 [21MY]

——— authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families, H905 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

——— award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (H.R. 2709), H4010 [10JN]

——— establish grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families (H.R. 1293), E307 [4MR]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 2713), H5187 [15JY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (H.R. 539), H2135 [13AP], H8139 [5NO]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition and physical activity curricula in medical schools (H.R. 1411), H5855 [9SE]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases, H4977 [9JY]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (H.R. 292), H4425 [16JN]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (H.R. 1344), H5794–H5796 [8SE]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 1807), H6719 [30SE]

Dept. of HUD: affordable housing funding, H1751, H1752 [18MR]

——— allow periodic reviews of certain families’ incomes for purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal housing programs (H.R. 233), H1812–H1814 [23MR]

——— authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 1047), H5132–H5134 [14JY]

——— ensure Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quality rating is included in the criteria for eligibility for Federal loan insurance for nursing homes and elder-care facilities, H6983 [20OC]

——— exclude disabled veterans’ aid and attendance pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance eligibility (H.R. 1816), H3264–H3266 [18MY]

——— Fair Housing Initiatives Program Administrative Enforcement Initiative funding through reductions in Private Enforcement Initiative funding, H3869, H3870 [3JN]

——— Fair Housing Initiatives Program Private Enforcement Initiative funding, H3875 [3JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding through reductions in information technology funding, H3865, H3866 [3JN]

——— National Affordable Housing Trust Fund and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, H3866, H3867 [3JN]

——— prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding to implement proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ rule, H3884, H3885 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding for housing subsidies for illegal aliens, H3975, H3976 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding in contravention of Federal immigration laws preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining housing assistance, H3972, H3973 [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]

——— rental housing assistance program funding, H3861–H3863 [3JN], H3986–H3988 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H3676, H3677 [2JN]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program, H631 [27JA]

——— establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers, H2202 [14AP]

——— establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (H.R. 1124), H2118 [13AP]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (H.R. 2302), H8655 [1DE], E698 [13MY]

——— make grants to purchase body-worn cameras for State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers (H.R. 3544), E1313 [17SE]

——— Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funding, H3729 [2JN]

——— reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, H905 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

——— reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (H.R. 2964), H4965 [9JY], H5179 [15JY]

——— reduce Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (H.R. 59), H691 [2FE], H1578 [4MR], H2364 [22AP], H2492 [28AP], H2665 [30AP], H3298, H3299 [18MY], E529 [20AP]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (H.R. 2302), H8655 [1DE], E698 [13MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (H.R. 344), H769 [4FE]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4214, H4238 [11JN], H4246, H4263, H4268–H4271, H4323, H4329, H4332, H4337, H4340 [12JN], H4349 [15JN], H4390–H4394 [16JN], H4463 [17JN], H4498, H4505, H4520, H4522, H4523 [18JN], H4657, H4659, H4661, H4689–H4697 [25JN], E917 [17JN], E981 [25JN]

——— increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (H.R. 4142), H8870 [2DE]

Dept. of Transportation: allow a program of eligible projects to count as a single project to meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding, H7604, H7605 [3NO]

——— allow all States to compete for bus and bus facility funding and transfer the funds to the nationwide Competitive Bus Grants, H7685 [4NO]

——— allow projects that do not meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding to qualify for reserved small project funding, H7606 [3NO]

——— allow transit systems to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants, H3973–H3975 [9JN]

——— allow use of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding for type II noise barriers, H7603, H7604 [3NO]

——— clarify criteria used to determine division of funds under the Territorial Highway Program, H7606, H7607 [3NO], H7640 [4NO]

——— clarify eligibility of projects within national scenic areas for Federal funding, H7580, H7581 [3NO]

——— create an expedited process for smaller Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans for certain cities and counties, H7666 [4NO]

——— designate the Central Texas Corridor as the future Interstate Route I-14, H7582 [3NO]

——— ensure prompt payment requirements are met relative to disadvantaged minority businesses, E1735 [8DE]

——— establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (H.R. 2332), H2969 [14MY], H3318 [19MY]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (H.R. 3997), H8165, H8166 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— expand eligibility of the Congestion Migration and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program to include shared use mobility projects, H7579, H7580 [3NO]

——— Federal Railroad Administration safety and operations funding through reductions in Federal Transit Administration New Starts program funding, H3847 [3JN]

——— make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries, H7597 [3NO]

——— make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries (H.R. 1274), E314 [6MR]

——— prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H7664, H7665 [4NO]

——— prohibit funding for Federal Transit Administration Rapid Growth Area Transit Program, H3888 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of cameras to collect or store vehicle license plate numbers, H3988, H3989 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to finance a passenger rail project in Florida, H3891 [4JN]

——— provide States and local governments flexibility in creating a surface transportation system for their community, H3887, H3888 [4JN]

——— require disclosure of information on which any new rule is based including data, studies, and cost benefit analysis, H7711 [4NO]

——— require local transit agencies to have a certain debt to equity ratio to be eligible for Federal funds, H7666–H7668 [4NO]

——— require local transit agencies to implement local hiring and procurement policies for federally-funded transportation projects, H1704, H1705 [17MR]

——— require tracking of all costs and time requirements for environmental reviews of transportation projects, H7581, H7582 [3NO]

——— strike authority to redistribute unallocated Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) funds, H7593 [3NO]

——— suspend Federal funding for California high-speed rail project, H149 [8JA], H193 [12JA], H8247 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Board of Veterans Appeals funding, H2593 [29AP]

——— Center for Women Veterans funding, H2592 [29AP]

——— develop policies to facilitate the transition of Armed Forces members from military service to civilian life and workforce, H2951–H2955 [13MY]

——— disability claim backlog reduction funding through reductions in administrative account funding, H2620 [29AP]

——— disability claim backlog reduction funding through reductions in Office of General Counsel funding, H2592 [29AP]

——— disability claim backlog reduction funding through reductions in Veterans Benefits Administration general operating expenses account funding, H2594 [29AP]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H1120 [25FE], H2670 [30AP], H2952 [13MY], H5242 [16JY]

——— eliminate time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to certain educational assistance (H.R. 2855), H5185 [15JY]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H2992 [14MY], H4055 [10JN]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 563), H588 [27JA], H6900 [8OC], H7401 [3NO], E126 [27JA]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (H.R. 2894), H7631 [4NO]

——— expand Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program, H2954, H2955 [13MY]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (H.R. 627), E139 [30JA]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (H.R. 607), H3406 [20MY], H5759 [29JY], E764 [20MY]

——— funding, H2698 [30AP]

——— homeless veterans funding, H2612 [29AP]

——— information technology systems funding through reductions in administrative account funding, H2593, H2594 [29AP]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), H3263, H3264, H3293 [18MY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), Senate amendment, H4781, H4782 [7JY]

——— make grants for establishing coordinated networks of services and resources for veterans and their families (H.R. 3312), H7402 [3NO]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims, H5515, H5516 [27JY]

——— mental health and traumatic brain injury care funding, H2589 [29AP]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (H.R. 748), H5125 [14JY]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, H5516 [27JY]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims, H2599 [29AP], H8653 [1DE]

——— submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (H.R. 216), H1822–H1824 [23MR]

——— support programs related to veterans suicide prevention, H6214–H6222 [24SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3883 [4JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3817–H3877 [3JN], H3882–H3903 [4JN], H3965–H3998 [9JN], H4016 [10JN], E839, E841 [4JN], E851 [8JN], E863 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3652–H3659 [2JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), corrections in engrossment, H3999 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), motion to recommit, H3996, H3997 [9JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent agreement, H3872 [3JN], H3901 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H3876 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H3876 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to be used in contravention of Executive order against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H3985, H3986 [9JN]

Diseases: improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (H.R. 2035), E592 [28AP]

——— 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: establish District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 2860), E947 [23JN]

——— prohibition on use of local funding to cover abortions for low-income women, H505 [22JA]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7038, H7061–H7079 [21OC], E1507 [22OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7041–H7047 [21OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H7076 [21OC]

——— require schools that receive private school vouchers to certify that they provide each student with all applicable civil rights protections, H7076 [21OC]

——— restore requirement to evaluate private school vouchers using strongest possible research design and limit voucher students to no more than certain percentage of total school enrollment, H7073–H7076 [21OC]

Drought: protect California’s water supply for drinking and to fight wildfires, H5281, H5282 [16JY], H6081 [17SE]

——— provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (H.R. 2983), H5244, H5249, H5250 [16JY], H5580 [28JY], H5871 [10SE]

——— provide drought assistance to California, H6310 [29SE], H6845 [7OC], H6899 [8OC], H9378 [17DE]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5094, H5105 [13JY], H5126 [14JY], H5242–H5283 [16JY], H5580 [28JY], H6081 [17SE], E983 [25JN]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5188–H5198 [15JY]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), corrections in engrossment, H5284 [16JY]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), motion to recommit, H5281 [16JY]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California, H148 [8JA], H2222 [15AP], H2362 [22AP], H2785 [1MY], H4584 [23JN]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (H.R. 2850), E964 [24JN]

Education: establish grants to assist in cost of compensation paid by employers to recent college graduates and to provide funding for further education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) (H.R. 73), H5162 [14JY]

——— express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (H. Res. 247), H2783 [1MY]

——— proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, H160 [9JA], H468, H469 [21JA], H538, H539 [26JA], H712 [3FE], H761 [4FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), H5337 [22JY], H8271 [17NO]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, H8438 [30NO], H8868, H8874, H8884–H8894 [2DE], H9002 [3DE], H9216 [10DE], H9677 [17DE], E1702, E1704 [3DE], E1736 [8DE], E1741, E1745 [9DE], E1764 [10DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 542), H8875–H8884 [2DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (H. Res. 526), H8254–H8259 [17NO]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H622–H626 [27JA], H743–H749 [3FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H1705, H1709 [17MR], H5159–H5167 [14JY], H5242 [16JY], H6700 [29SE], H6716 [30SE], H6823–H6826 [6OC]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, H2321 [21AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (S. 1124), H2855 [12MY]

Enrichment Services Program, Inc.: anniversary of Head Start Program, E644 [1MY]

EPA: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund eligibility funding, H4879 [8JY]

——— Drinking Water State Revolving Fund eligibility reform, H4758, H4759 [25JN]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (H.R. 1775), E486 [14AP]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H3836, H3837 [3JN]

——— extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3614), H6272–H6275 [28SE]

——— prohibit funding to redesign Phoenix, AZ, Metroplex regional airspace, H3891, H3892 [4JN]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (H.R. 2068), H2491, H2492 [28AP]

——— improve access to affordable, safe child care, H707 [3FE]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage, H3555 [21MY], H7395 [3NO]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (H.R. 2802), H5181 [15JY]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (H.R. 3089), H6271, H6272 [28SE]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), H9018–H9021 [7DE]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (H.R. 598), H765 [4FE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 258), H2666 [30AP], H3636 [1JN], H8230 [16NO], H8440 [30NO], E951 [23JN]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: implement recommendations that would assist veterans in the transition to civilian jobs driving commerical vehicles and in obtaining commerical drivers licenses, H7661 [4NO]

FEMA: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (H.R. 3066), E1071 [15JY]

——— establish a multi-agency Federal team to improve and reform Federal disaster assistance (H.R. 4288), E1814 [17DE]

——— prohibit recouping of certain assistance (H.R. 638), H843 [5FE]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), H9337 [16DE]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (H.R. 830), E188 [10FE]

Flint, MI: provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals, H8157 [16NO]

Floods: commend those providing disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in South Carolina, H6984 [20OC], H7038 [21OC], E1445 [7OC]

——— express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Texas, H3647 [2JN], H3770 [3JN]

——— express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by, flooding in South Carolina, H6882 [7OC], H6910 [8OC]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H6718 [30SE]

——— decrease incidence of food waste (H.R. 4184), H9089 [9DE]

——— nutrition assistance programs funding, H7033 [21OC]

Food Stamp Act: anniversary, E1174 [29JY]

Forest Service: Volunteer Fire Assistance Program funding, H4785 [7JY]

Forests: authorize the President to declare a major disaster for wildfires on Federal lands and provide assistance for extraordinary wildfire suppression costs in excess of the 10 year average, H4987 [9JY]

FRS: establish a grant program in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (H.R. 1866), E520 [16AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6717, H6718 [30SE]

Guam: provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam (H.R. 3642), E1388 [29SE]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H7106 [22OC], H7158 [23OC]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize, H1755 [18MR]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H8996 [3DE]

House Rules: require each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution to include an analysis of whether the bill or joint resolution creates a program, office, or initiative that would be duplicative (H. Res. 45), H587 [27JA]

Houston, TX: preservation of Freedmen’s Town brick streets, H1053 [13FE]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 350), H562 [26JA], H589–H592 [27JA]

Hunger: recognize hunger problem in U.S. and the importance of food assistance programs, H6315 [29SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws, H5461 [23JY]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 2964), H4965 [9JY], H5179 [15JY]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, H539 [26JA]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, H927 [11FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations, H4933 [8JY]

Infrastructure Week: observance, H3236 [15MY]

IRS: provide taxpayer protection and assistance by establishing a statement of taxpayer rights and tax return preparation programs and improving IRS procedures (H.R. 4128), E1675 [30NO]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3290), E1189 [29JY]

Law enforcement: support local agencies in efforts to serve communities and support use of body worn cameras to promote transparency and protect citizens (H. Res. 295), H3959–H3963 [9JN], H4167 [11JN], E872 [10JN]

LIHEAP: funding, H4547 [23JN]

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), H6160 [18SE], H6324–H6337 [29SE], E1395 [30SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6316–H6324 [29SE]

——— allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), motion to recommit, H6334, H6335 [29SE]

——— anniversary, H5519 [27JY], H5534, H5573 [28JY], H5599, H5607, H5609 [29JY], E1159, E1173, E1176 [29JY], E1195 [31JY]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 1083), E251 [25FE]

——— extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (S. 599), H8176–H8180 [16NO]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (H.R. 670), H5601 [29JY]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 3930), E1592 [4NO]

——— provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 3865), H8974 [3DE]

——— require payment of an additional rebate to State plans in the case of increase in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate of inflation, H7304 [28OC]

Medicare: anniversary, H5519 [27JY], H5534, H5573 [28JY], H5599, H5607, H5609 [29JY], E1159, E1173, E1176 [29JY], E1195 [31JY]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (H.R. 1418), H1728 [18MR], H5596 [29JY]

——— funding, H4211, H4215 [11JN]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (H.R. 2582), H4447, H4485–H4487 [17JN]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity, H2889 [13MY]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), H5217–H5219 [15JY]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (H.R. 3696), H6921 [8OC]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (H.R. 2404), H7399 [3NO]

——— reimbursement rates for hospital-affiliated facilities considered as outpatient departments, H7270 [28OC]

——— solvency, H5474 [27JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 952), H2825 [12MY]

——— make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (H.R. 2635), H3769 [3JN]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation, H108 [8JA], H739 [3FE], H4959 [9JY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H52 [7JA], H362 [14JA], H1177 [26FE], H3402 [20MY]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 2646), H4008 [10JN], H4166 [11JN], H4963 [9JY], H5537 [28JY], H5985 [16SE], H6217 [24SE], H6826–H6832 [6OC], H7039 [21OC], H7261 [28OC], H8655 [1DE], H9086 [9DE], H10694 [18DE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2132–H2139 [13AP]

National Academy of Sciences: child poverty analysis funding, H9190 [9DE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H622 [27JA]

——— establish (H.R. 935), E207 [12FE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 360), H1814–H1822 [23MR]

New Mexico: improve Federal and State accountability for schools’ performance, H9002 [3DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: tribute to Typhoon Soudelor recovery efforts, E1789 [15DE]

NSF: funding, H3484 [20MY]

——— Office of International and Integrative Activities Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funding, H3446 [20MY], H3732, H3733 [2JN]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (H.R. 1020), H1098–H1100 [24FE], E246 [25FE]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (H.R. 1020), Senate amendment, H6780 [1OC]

Older Americans Act: anniversary, H5343 [22JY], E1009 [7JY], E1062 [14JY]

——— reauthorize (S. 192), E1179 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Health Center Fund funding, H2082 [26MR]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H4339 [12JN]

——— remove citizenship and immigration barriers to access to exchanges (H.R. 3659), H6709 [30SE]

——— require States awarded grants to establish an exchange and that terminate such exchange provide an audit of use of grant funds and return funds to Federal Government (H.R. 4262), H9332 [16DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H5323, H5325 [21JY], H5534, H5536, H5584 [28JY], H5985, H5986, H5987 [16SE], H6083, H6085 [17SE], H6142 [18SE], H6314, H6318, H6319, H6321, H6324–H6334 [29SE], H7145–H7163, H7165, H7167 [23OC], E1395 [30SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H6213 [24SE], H6728, H6729, H6734, H6738–H6742 [30SE], H8871 [2DE], H9686 [17DE], E1401 [1OC]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H5320, H5327 [21JY], H5607, H5608 [29JY], H5969 [11SE], H6083, H6123, H6124, H6125, H6126, H6131–H6133 [17SE], H6152–H6167 [18SE], H6316 [29SE], E1327 [18SE], E1335 [22SE], E1339 [24SE], E1362 [25SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6096–H6109 [17SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), motion to recommit, H6165 [18SE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to prohibit funding, H6781 [1OC]

——— women’s health care services funding, H6153–H6160 [18SE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H9187–H9192 [9DE]

——— efforts to address high-poverty areas, H709 [3FE], H5288 [16JY], H8344–H8346 [18NO]

——— strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (H.R. 2721), H8230 [16NO], H8440 [30NO], E1077 [16JY]

Public welfare programs: establish work requirements for recipients, H1876, H1877 [24MR]

——— require certain programs to deny benefits to persons who fail a drug test (H.R. 3047), H5187 [15JY]

Public works: provide financing assistance for qualified water infrastructure projects, H8865 [2DE], H8992 [3DE]

——— water infrastructure projects funding, H1706, H1707 [17MR], H2346 [21AP]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (H.R. 3314), H7322–H7326 [28OC], H8251 [17NO]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services, H3555 [21MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6896 [8OC], E635 [30AP]

Rhode Island: tribute to State and local leaders, first responders, and emergency service organizations for assistance rendered during major snowstorm and request Federal disaster assistance, E119 [27JA]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H2160, H2163 [14AP], H2222 [15AP], H2320, H2323 [21AP], H2447 [23AP], H2659 [30AP], H2825, H2826, H2858–H2864 [12MY], H2882, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2893, H2895 [13MY], H2966, H2969, H2971 [14MY], H3218, H3236, H3237, H3238 [15MY], H3585 [1JN], H3763, H3772 [3JN], H3895 [4JN], H4016 [10JN], H4170 [11JN], H4347, H4352 [15JN], H4385, H4386 [16JN], H4436 [17JN], H4527 [18JN], H4595 [24JN], H4777 [7JY], H4875, H4877 [8JY], H4970 [9JY], H5034, H5035, H5084 [10JY], H5092, H5108 [13JY], H5119, H5120, H5123, H5124, H5162 [14JY], H5285, H5286 [16JY], H5474 [27JY], H5527 [28JY], H5608 [29JY], H5880 [10SE], H5970, H5971 [11SE], H6781 [1OC], H7163 [23OC], H7272 [28OC], H7394, H7403–H7621 [3NO], H7633, H7638, H7640, H7641–H7740 [4NO], H8129–H8135, H8140 [5NO], H8865 [2DE], H8974, H8975–H8983, H8988–H9000 [3DE], E1073, E1075 [15JY], E1319 [18SE], E1501 [21OC], E1602, E1604, E1607, E1608, E1609, E1611 [5NO], E1715, E1716 [7DE], E1735 [8DE], E1758 [10DE], E1834 [18DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3313, H3318, H3319, H3320, H3330–H3339 [19MY], H3499, H3501 [20MY], E767 [20MY], E788 [21MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3321–H3329 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), motion to recommit, H3338, H3339 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2410), H3325, H3333, H3337 [19MY], H3403, H3498 [20MY], H5165 [14JY], H7016 [20OC], E750, E752 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5181, H5184, H5186, H5187, H5198–H5213 [15JY], H5409, H5452 [23JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5188–H5198 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), motion to recommit, H5209–H5213 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3064), H5194, H5210 [15JY], H5350, H5351 [22JY], H5542 [28JY], H5602 [29JY], H6824 [6OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), H5535, H5539 [28JY], H5599, H5640–H5650, H5654 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5610–H5623 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3763), H7169 [23OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7197, H7200, H7207–H7214, H7244 [27OC], E1550 [27OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), H8213–H8217 [16NO]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize, H621 [27JA]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms, E1633 [17NO]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), H5096–H5099 [13JY]

——— establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), Senate amendments, H8223–H8227 [16NO], E1633 [17NO]

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (H.R. 2670), H5099–H5101 [13JY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), H5101, H5102 [13JY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), Senate amendment, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (H.R. 1023), H5095, H5096 [13JY]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (H.R. 3175), E1112 [23JY]

——— small business development centers funding, H1875 [24MR]

——— women’s business center program funding, H1875 [24MR]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 2407), H3648 [2JN]

Science: tribute to contributions of human factors research, E1517 [22OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, H233 [13JA], H669 [2FE], H2038 [26MR]

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 139), H6276–H6279 [28SE]

——— eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals (H.R. 2585), H3881 [4JN]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2038, H2045–H2084, H2091, H2098 [26MR], H2118, H2133 [13AP], H2293 [16AP], H2321 [21AP], E451 [13AP]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2038–H2045 [26MR]

——— importance of SSI, H54 [7JA], H114 [8JA], H436 [21JA]

——— merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (H.R. 3150), E1100 [22JY]

——— prohibit assignment of account numbers and payment of disability benefits to, and deny credit toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by, certain illegal aliens, H2365 [22AP]

——— protect system and improve benefits (H.R. 1391), H2029–H2031 [25MR]

——— remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 4201), E1748 [9DE]

——— solvency, H9364–H9367 [16DE]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, H727 [3FE]

——— support policies to protect, expand, and secure long-term future, H7262 [28OC]

SSA: improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (H.R. 1419), E356 [18MR]

——— update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (H.R. 1800), H2219 [15AP]

SSI: authorize extension to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 1822), H2217 [15AP]

Supreme Court: decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, H4762–H4765 [25JN], H5019 [9JY]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, H7616, H7617 [3NO]

——— authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs, H1704–H1710 [17MR], H1961 [25MR]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H52 [7JA], H435, H440 [21JA], H588, H622–H626 [27JA], H708 [3FE], H763 [4FE], H1018, H1019 [12FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3496–H3501 [20MY], H4779 [7JY], H5203, H5206 [15JY], H6825 [6OC], E788 [21MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H1754 [18MR]

University of New Hampshire: anniversary of Educational Talent Search, E1515 [22OC]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (H.R. 3040), H8138 [5NO]

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs and clarify eligibility for services under such programs (H.R. 474), H3258, H3259 [18MY]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans, H2955 [13MY]

——— reduce unemployment, facilitate receipt of benefits, and provide employment resources, H763 [4FE]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses, H2953 [13MY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H3854, H3855 [3JN]

Water: 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 (H.R. 291), H5246 [16JY], H5580 [28JY]

Wemberley, TX: tribute to response to floods, H4165 [11JN]

Women: allow continued access to healthcare services, H6334, H6335 [29SE]

——— expand health programs (H.R. 3652), H6711 [30SE]

——— protect medical privacy of all women, including victims of rape or incest, relative to her choice of or use of comprehensive health insurance coverage, H509 [22JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, S1371–S1374 [10MR], S1398, S1404, S1412, S1415, S1416, S1419, S1420, S1426, S1427 [11MR], S1452–S1454, S1458–S1463, S1472–S1474, S1476–S1478 [12MR], S1511–S1515, S1517 [16MR], S1559–S1565, S1570 [17MR], S1591, S1597, S1615–S1618, S1620, S1623–S1625 [18MR], S1637–S1648, S1651–S1653 [19MR], S2144, S2162 [14AP], S2185, S2186, S2192 [15AP], S2227–S2232 [16AP], S2260 [20AP], S2312 [22AP], S2392 [23AP]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (S. 475), S4567 [24JN]

Appalachian Regional Commission: anniversary, S1491 [12MR], S2037 [26MR], S2847 [13MY]

Benefits: prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (S. 2387), S8604 [10DE]

——— provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (S. 2251), S7782–S7785 [5NO], S8218–S8223 [1DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S704 [2FE]

——— reform entitlement programs, S760 [4FE], S7629 [29OC]

——— restore program integrity funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S1973 [26MR], S2424, S2425 [27AP]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7497 [27OC], S7551–S7553, S7558 [28OC], S7601–S7605, S7608–S7611, S7616–S7620, S7623–S7652 [29OC], S7665–S7673 [30OC], S7802 [5NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), S6425 [5AU]

Children and youth: create a pilot program that would allow retired FBI agents to assist local law enforcement in locating runaway children and teens, S1404 [11MR], S1572 [17MR]

——— impact of budget cuts on Federal aid programs for children, S1775–S1777 [24MR]

——— improve childhood outcomes in well-being and reduce childhood poverty, S7893–S7895 [10NO]

——— improve childhood outcomes in well-being and reduce childhood poverty (S. 473), S1839 [25MR]

——— improve the public school system to help the disadvantaged and reduce child poverty, S1053–S1055 [24FE]

Colleges and universities: extend antitrust exemption for higher education institutions relative to the award of need-based educational aid (S. 1482), S3459 [2JN], S5089 [14JY]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices, S8182 [30NO]

Committee on Finance (Senate): accomplishments during 114th Congress, S8765–S8768 [17DE]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): priorities, S174 [13JA]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): revision of budgetary allocations, aggregates, and levels, S8841 [18DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S8181, S8182 [30NO], S8197 [1DE], S8473–S8475 [8DE], S8655, S8657–S8659, S8660 [15DE], S8866 [18DE]

Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc.: anniversary, S8791 [17DE]

Crime: aid recovery and rehabilitation for victims of human trafficking, S1423 [11MR], S2349 [22AP]

——— clarify Federal mandate requiring State and local governments to collect data on human trafficking prior to receiving funds, S1466 [12MR], S2290 [21AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S508, S509 [27JA], S1267, S1269, S1270, S1277 [4MR], S1323, S1324, S1327 [9MR], S1343–S1347, S1349–S1361, S1366–S1377 [10MR], S1397, S1398, S1403–S1421, S1423–S1432 [11MR], S1451–S1454, S1456–S1467, S1472–S1478, S1481 [12MR], S1511–S1515, S1517, S1521, S1522, S1551 [16MR], S1559–S1565, S1570–S1573 [17MR], S1591, S1596–S1625 [18MR], S1637–S1648, S1651–S1653 [19MR], S2141, S2144, S2161–S2163 [14AP], S2185, S2186, S2192 [15AP], S2227–S2232, S2234, S2239 [16AP], S2260 [20AP], S2281–S2283, S2286–S2292 [21AP], S2312, S2315–S2317, S2320, S2323, S2325–S2349 [22AP], S2361, S2379, S2392 [23AP], S2560 [30AP], S3013 [19MY], S3089 [20MY], S3232 [21MY], S3386 [1JN], S8711 [16DE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 47), S3198 [20MY]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), unanimous-consent agreement, S1329 [9MR], S2295 [21AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), unanimous-consent request, S1374, S1376 [10MR], S1473 [12MR]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders, S991 [12FE]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (S. 675), S2034 [26MR]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking, S1359 [10MR], S1453 [12MR], S1597, S1601–S1613, S1618 [18MR], S1652 [19MR], S2326, S2337 [22AP]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (S. 166), S1267–S1270 [4MR], S1411, S1421 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: commodity certificates reauthorization, S8341 [3DE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve mandatory appropriations for agricultural conservation programs, S1882 [25MR]

——— extend authorization of Summer Food Service Program and National School Lunch Program, S7072 [1OC]

——— Federal crop insurance funding, S7608, S7609 [29OC], S8341, S8363 [3DE]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (S. 1833), S7894 [10NO]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (S. 1796), S7894 [10NO]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 540), S1077 [24FE]

——— marketing grants funding, S2595 [4MY]

——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, S1864 [25MR]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (S. 569), S1120 [25FE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S6885 [22SE]

——— tribute to Summer Food Service Program, S4131 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: placement of University of Phoenix on probationary and potential termination status relative to participation in the Tuition Assistance Program for active duty military personnel, S7553, S7571–S7574 [28OC], S7605–S7608 [29OC]

Dept. of Education: allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan Program (S. 1556), S4106 [11JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, S1840–S1843 [25MR], S2209 [15AP]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 793), S1632 [18MR]

——— allow funds to be used for a site resource coordinator, S4913 [9JY], S4991 [13JY]

——— allow State education agencies and eligible entities to use Local Academic Flexible Grant funds to audit and streamline assessment systems, S8469 [8DE]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (S. 1369), S3062 [19MY]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program, S4819, S4831 [8JY], S5027, S5028 [14JY], S5167 [16JY]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, S4821 [8JY], S4910–S4913 [9JY]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (S. 2310), S8164 [19NO]

——— allow States to use Pay for Success initiatives funding to improve quality and coordination of early learning and care services, S4671 [7JY], S5143 [16JY]

——— allow the awarding of job training Federal Pell Grants (S. 1900), S6189 [30JY]

——— allow use of funds by States to pay for efficiency reviews of schools, S4935 [9JY]

——— allow use of funds for programs and activities that promote volunteerism and community service, S4908, S4915 [9JY]

——— amend definitions of eligible technology and technology readiness survey and provide a restriction on funds, S5144 [16JY]

——— authorize American Dream Accounts to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students, S5048 [14JY], S5140 [16JY]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools, S5142 [16JY]

——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system, S4671 [7JY]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments, S5114 [15JY]

——— diversion of public education funding to private schools in the form of vouchers to allow for school choice, S4823–S4825 [8JY]

——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, reduce interest rates and allow for refinancing of student loans, expand work study program, and simplify student aid application process (S. 1373), S3278 [22MY]

——— ensure local governance of education, S4915 [9JY]

——— ensure States have resources necessary to enforce Title IX, promoting gender equality, S4895 [8JY]

——— ensure States will ensure unique needs of students at all levels of schooling, S5144 [16JY]

——— ensure timely and meaningful consultation between State educational agencies and Governors in the development of State plans, S4915 [9JY]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan and reducing overlapping student loan repayment plans, S1838, S1842 [25MR], S2209 [15AP]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage the use of college savings accounts, S1882 [25MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase access to higher education for low-income individuals through the Federal Pell Grant Program, S1970, S1987, S1988 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, S1971 [26MR]

——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program, S4936 [9JY]

——— establish a simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan, new and notification about repayment options, and loan forgiveness for the total and permanently disabled, S63 [7JA]

——— establish partnerships between schools, businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations to improve student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects, S4936 [9JY]

——— establish Promise Neighborhoods program, S5143 [16JY]

——— expand Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program to include violence prevention activities, S5143, S5144 [16JY]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs, S8460 [8DE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program, S8590 [10DE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), S6988–S6990, S6992–S6994, S7001 [29SE], S7028–S7032, S7043 [30SE], S7398–S7404, S7408 [21OC], S8704–S8707, S8708 [16DE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), unanimous-consent request, S7029 [30SE], S7398 [21OC]

——— Federal Pell Grant Program funding, S1988 [26MR]

——— fund Federal Pell Grant Program through mandatory appropriations for a certain period and index future amounts for inflation, S8329 [3DE]

——— improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and require executives and owners to assume liability relative to for-profit colleges, S8448 [8DE]

——— include specialized instructional support personnel in literacy development of children, S5143 [16JY]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers, S179 [13JA]

——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs, S8561 [9DE]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates, S4990 [13JY]

——— promote advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs, S4936 [9JY]

——— provide educators with training to identify mental illness in students and services for those at risk, S4896 [8JY]

——— provide for a study on increasing the effectiveness of existing services and programs intended to benefit children, S4831 [8JY]

——— provide for additional disaggregation of data for local education agencies with larger populations of Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander students, S4809, S4826, S4830 [8JY]

——— provide for early college high school and dual or concurrent enrollment opportunities, S5035 [14JY]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (S. 1102), S2433 [27AP]

——— provide grants to integrate behavior and mental health programs into schools, S5116 [15JY]

——— provide resources needed to study and review Native American language medium schools and programs, S5144 [16JY]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (S. 191), S463 [26JA]

——— reform Alaska Native Education Equity program, S5055 [14JY]

——— reform parental notification and opt-out of certain required educational assessments, S5038, S5039, S5045, S5046 [14JY]

——— require State accountability systems to provide additional resources and support to schools with low graduation rates, low-performing subgroups, or well-below average achievement, S5098, S5114, S5117 [15JY]

——— require State plans to include support for the education of children facing substance abuse in the home, S5143, S5145 [16JY]

——— require State report cards to include information about postsecondary enrollment rates at public and State institutions, S4989, S4991 [13JY]

——— require State report cards to include information on graduation rates of homeless children and children in foster care, S5034 [14JY]

——— require State report cards to include rates of enrollment in postsecondary education, and remediation rates, for high schools, S5144 [16JY]

——— require States to provide an assurance regarding cross-tabulation of student data, S5144 [16JY]

——— restore certain Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native education programs, S4830 [8JY], S5026 [14JY]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S1454–S1456 [12MR], S2446 [28AP], S2714 [7MY], S3907 [9JN], S5503 [23JY], S6252 [4AU], S6996 [29SE], S7761–S7767 [4NO], S8448 [8DE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions relative to the 90–10 rule and military and veterans’ education benefits, S2463–S2466 [28AP], S6252 [4AU]

——— 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 (S. 1664), S7898 [10NO]

——— simplify college financial aid application and repayment processes, streamline Federal grant and loan programs, reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, and discourage over-borrowing (S. 108), S61–S66 [7JA], S3668 [3JN]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs, S5115 [15JY]

——— substance abuse recovery support services for students funding, S4909, S4915 [9JY]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (S. Res. 267), S6989 [29SE], S7028 [30SE]

——— support professional development to help students prepare for postsecondary education and the workforce, S5143 [16JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, S2165 [14AP], S4661–S4669 [7JY], S4812 [8JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), S4906 [9JY]

——— support State assessments of school facilities, S5143 [16JY]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 1195), S2652 [5MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements, S6884 [22SE]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs, S1408 [11MR]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (S. 2107), S7048 [30SE]

——— establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty (S. 2224), S7893 [10NO]

——— establish Women’s Health Care and Clinic Security and Safety Fund, S8253, S8255–S8257, S8260–S8264 [2DE], S8341 [3DE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative, S1334 [9MR]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs, S4935 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth, S1366 [10MR], S1420 [11MR]

——— amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (S. 256), S543 [27JA]

——— extend agreements with public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration program funding, S8029 [18NO]

——— modernize and improve Family Unification Program (S. 2289), S8023 [17NO]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), S6275, S6276 [4AU]

——— create publicly accessible database for sex trafficking victim advocates that contains information about services for sex trafficking survivors, S2336 [22AP]

——— Crime Victims Fund funding, S7708 [3NO]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership, S7072 [1OC]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 125), S101 [8JA], S2646 [5MY], S2670–S2672 [6MY]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 125), unanimous-consent agreement, S2671 [6MY]

——— extend authorization of child advocacy centers, S7072 [1OC]

——— grant State attorneys general requests to cross designate State and local attorneys to prosecute individuals for sex trafficking, S2336 [22AP]

——— make grants to purchase body-worn cameras for State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers (S. 1897), S6162, S6183 [30JY]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 962), S2222 [15AP]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S2911, S2915, S2926 [14MY], S2952, S2962, S2963, S3006 [18MY], S3014, S3052 [19MY], S3090, S3103 [20MY], S3219 [21MY], S3294 [22MY], S4291 [18JN], S4333 [22JN], S4523–S4533 [23JN], S4574, S4580, S4609 [24JN]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (S. 1003), S2296 [21AP]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (S. 1268), S2841–S2845 [13MY]

——— provide for youth jobs (S. 1506), S3917 [9JN], S4823 [8JY]

——— provide grants to States and local governments for summer and year-round employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth and for academic and occupational learning programs, S5112 [15JY], S5139, S5140 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: modify spending-neutral reserve fund for Payments in Lieu of Taxes program at levels equivalent to property tax revenues lost due to the presence of Federal land, S2008 [26MR]

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (S. 517), S992 [12FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: continue to provide funding for State urban renewal projects through the Hardest Hit Fund program, S5478, S5479 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

——— ensure State funding provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program is used to demolish blighted structures, S5491 [23JY]

——— Hardest Hit Fund program funding, S8591 [10DE]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize elements to enhance safety, provide regulatory relief, streamline grant programs, and improve accountability and efficiency of oversight efforts (S. 1732), S5092 [15JY]

——— establish Assistance for Major Projects Program, S5483 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

——— establish National Freight Program, S5482 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

——— provide incentives to States to use private sector engineering companies for highway and bridge projects, S6154 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, S7621, S7622 [29OC]

——— eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program, S7062–S7064 [1OC]

——— eliminate sunset date and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program (S. 1991), S6391 [5AU]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (S. 2013), S6535 [9SE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to improving provision of health care for women veterans, S1876 [25MR]

——— establish voluntary national directory of veterans to support outreach to veterans (S. 1797), S5165 [16JY]

——— extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship (S. 1460), S7901 [10NO]

——— extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (S. 657), S1305 [4MR], S4943 [9JY], S7856 [9NO]

——— grant authority to reinstate GI Bill benefits to veterans who have been enrolled in a for-profit college that has been shut down, S7766 [4NO]

——— grant priority college registration to educational assistance program recipients, S871 [9FE]

——— improve management, accountability, and oversight, S8779 [17DE]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (S. 1203), S7939 [10NO]

——— improve provision of assistance and benefits to veterans who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or occupying temporary housing (S. 1885), S6182 [30JY], S7901 [10NO], S8594 [10DE]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), S4521 [22JN]

——— modify requirements for approval of courses using educational benefits (S. 1938), S7766 [4NO]

——— prioritization of programs and funding, S5441 [22JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve reproductive assistance to severely wounded, ill, or injured Armed Forces members, veterans, and their spouses or partners and make child care program permanent (S. 469), S944 [11FE], S5437, S5438, S5441 [22JY]

Depts. of Education and the Interior: conduct study on elementary and secondary education in rural or poverty areas of Indian country to identify Federal barriers that restrict tribes from implementing regional policies, S4814 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8029, S8034–S8058, S8062–S8064, S8071, S8072, S8074–S8076 [18NO], S8119, S8121, S8124, S8125 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent agreement, S7963 [16NO], S8054, S8055 [18NO], S8126 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), unanimous-consent request, S8121, S8124 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (S. 2129), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

——— prohibit funding to provide assistance to refugees seeking asylum from certain countries, S8071, S8072 [18NO], S8121, S8124 [19NO]

Disasters: provide for use of Federal disaster relief and emergency assistance for energy-efficient products and structures, S323 [21JA]

Diseases: commemorate discovery of polio vaccine and support Federal and international efforts to eradicate disease (S. Res. 108), S2188 [15AP], S7425 [21OC]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, S1969, S1970 [26MR]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 1079), S2403 [23AP]

——— 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 (S. Res. 74), S1004–S1006 [12FE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (S. 2171), S7274 [8OC]

Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund: subject to annual appropriations process, S1651, S1652 [19MR]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (S. 1894), S6141 [29JY]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 1654), S4548 [23JN]

Drunken driving: designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking (S. Res. 328), S8382 [3DE]

Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day: observance, S662 [29JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S575 [28JA], S1690–S1694 [23MR], S2705–S2708 [7MY]

Education: impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers to raise revenue to establish a program to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, S1877 [25MR], S1987 [26MR]

——— improve early education (S. 317), S1839 [25MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4929–S4933, S4936 [9JY], S5025, S5029–S5033, S5044 [14JY], S5098, S5111, S5114 [15JY], S5142, S5143, S5149 [16JY]

——— improve public school system by implementing local control funding formulas, expanding charter schools, and providing support services to at-risk students, S5124 [15JY]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 265), S5027 [14JY]

——— include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs, S5056 [14JY]

——— partner with current and recently retired science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals and tailor educational resources to engage students and teachers in STEM, S5143 [16JY]

——— proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, S302 [21JA], S519 [27JA]

——— require local educational agencies to inform parents of any State or local agency policy, procedure, or parental right regarding student participation in mandated assessments for that school year, S5045 [14JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow use of Title I funds for dual or concurrent enrollment programs at eligible schools, S5144 [16JY]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), S4659, S4661–S4680 [7JY], S4805–S4831, S4895 [8JY], S4901, S4902, S4904–S4915, S4920–S4937, S4940, S4984 [9JY], S4989–S4998, S5001, S5018, S5019 [13JY], S5022–S5057, S5090 [14JY], S5091–S5104, S5106–S5117, S5120, S5123–S5125 [15JY], S5133–S5154, S5167 [16JY], S5206, S5207 [21JY], S7536 [27OC], S7557 [28OC]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, S8237 [1DE], S8425, S8426 [3DE], S8445, S8450–S8454, S8457–S8471, S8476, S8504 [8DE], S8507–S8514, S8523–S8525, S8528, S8532–S8535, S8561 [9DE], S8564, S8565, S8596 [10DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), House amendment, S8029–S8034 [18NO]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), unanimous-consent agreement, S4913 [9JY], S5097, S5115, S5125 [15JY], S5143 [16JY]

——— Title I funding formula reform, S4825 [8JY], S5030, S5035, S5038, S5044, S5051–S5054 [14JY], S5108, S5117 [15JY], S5141, S5148 [16JY]

Employment: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (S. 1542), S7077 [1OC]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 1902), S6189 [30JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, S7078 [1OC], S7806 [5NO]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (S. 1124), S2696 [6MY]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (S. 741), S1530 [16MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3614), S6989 [29SE]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1115), S8906, S8907 [18DE]

——— identify and prevent improper payments and identify strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing use of agency charge cards (S. 1616), S8728 [16DE]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (S. 614), S6084 [28JY]

——— reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, S6911–S6913 [24SE], S7032 [30SE], S7200 [7OC], S7370 [21OC], S8228 [1DE], S8567 [10DE]

Federal Railroad Administration: improve Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program, S6114 [29JY]

——— improve Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (S. 797), S1662 [19MR]

FEMA: allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (S. 487), S986 [12FE]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), S6819 [17SE]

——— require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (S. 870), S2047 [26MR]

Financial institutions: provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (S. 1491), S5450 [22JY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, S2235–S2237 [16AP]

Floods: express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Texas, S3385 [1JN]

——— express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by, flooding in South Carolina, S7117 [5OC]

GAO: conduct study of programs or initiatives related to human trafficking and determine if any programs or initiatives are duplicates, S2326 [22AP]

——— release of report on senior citizen hunger, S4196 [16JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S6963 [28SE], S7078–S7080 [1OC]

Health: reform provision of insurance coverage by promoting health savings accounts, State-based alternatives, and price transparency if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (S. 1531), S3928–S3931 [9JN]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize, S3667 [3JN]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, S6375 [5AU]

——— anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, S7614 [29OC]

——— impact of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey, S7614, S7615 [29OC]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1058), S2354 [22AP]

Immigration: prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law, S5031 [14JY]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, S1086 [25FE]

——— prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (S. 499), S7629 [29OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 1169), S2578 [30AP]

LIHEAP: funding, S381, S399 [22JA]

Medicaid: anniversary, S6103, S6125, S6126 [29JY], S6148–S6151, S6166, S6170–S6175, S6181 [30JY], S6365 [5AU]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 25), S50–S53 [7JA], S109 [8JA]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children, S1741, S1744, S1750, S1751 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve oral health care for pregnant women and children, S1967 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1744, S1750 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide States the flexibility needed to implement innovative reforms to improve care and enhance access, S1865 [25MR]

——— extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (S. 599), S1168 [26FE]

——— extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (S. 599), House amendment, S8175 [19NO]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (S. 349), S6539 [9SE]

——— funding, S2645 [5MY]

——— make enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursement permanent, S8275 [2DE], S8342 [3DE]

——— protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1985 [26MR]

——— States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S733 [3FE]

Medicare: anniversary, S6103, S6125, S6126 [29JY], S6148–S6151, S6166, S6170–S6175, S6181 [30JY], S6365 [5AU]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 25), S50–S53 [7JA], S109 [8JA]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico (S. 1453), S7517 [27OC]

——— create a point of order against any legislation that would privatize Medicare, cut benefits, increase out-of-pocket spending, or turn Medicare into a premium support plan, S1844, S1870 [25MR]

——— designate Rural Emergency Hospitals to sustain emergency services in rural areas (S. 1648), S4546 [23JN], S4625 [25JN]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to reforming sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1855, S1870 [25MR]

——— funding, S2630 [5MY]

——— impact of improper payments, S7370 [21OC]

——— improve efficiency of appeals process (S. 2368), S8496 [8DE]

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), S2318 [22AP]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (S. 2148), S7604 [29OC]

——— prohibit privatizing Medicare, cutting benefits, increasing out-of-pocket spending, or turning Medicare into a premium support plan, S2206, S2212 [15AP]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system, S50 [7JA]

——— reimbursement rates for hospital-affiliated facilities considered as outpatient departments, S7637 [29OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices, S6171 [30JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries, S6171 [30JY]

——— make improvements to the treatment of the U.S. territories (S. 1961), S6887 [22SE]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S3277 [22MY], S6119 [29JY], S7239 [8OC], S7887 [10NO], S8516 [9DE], S8566 [10DE]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (S. 1945), S6924 [24SE], S7235 [8OC], S7381–S7383 [21OC]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, S2395 [23AP]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): reauthorization, S1746, S1747 [24MR]

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: reauthorize and update grants to address problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress (S. 1494), S3681 [3JN]

Native Americans: promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program, S4936 [9JY], S5055 [14JY]

——— provide recovery programs for survivors of human trafficking and training for local tribal law enforcement to help combat and prevent human trafficking, S1413 [11MR]

NIH: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2922–S2924 [14MY]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs, S4820 [8JY]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (H.R. 1020), S6948, S6949 [24SE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 192), S4196 [16JN], S5154, S5158–S5163 [16JY], S5206 [21JY]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (S. 2023), S6997, S6998 [29SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, S5710 [26JY], S6830, S6832 [21SE], S6863, S6881–S6883 [22SE], S7011 [30SE]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1861), S5699 [24JY], S5701 [26JY], S6116, S6119 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6087 [28JY], S6089, S6090, S6106, S6111–S6113, S6121, S6126 [29JY], S6157, S6158 [30JY], S6523 [9SE], S6692 [16SE], S6846 [21SE], S6882 [22SE]

——— prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6161, S6178–S6180 [30JY], S6214–S6228, S6231, S6234, S6241 [3AU], S6279 [4AU]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, S6837 [21SE], S6869, S6876, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6918, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S6961, S6967–S6972 [28SE], S6991 [29SE], S7020 [30SE], S8182 [30NO], S8232 [1DE], S8255–S8257, S8259, S8260, S8269 [2DE], S8329, S8330, S8343, S8371 [3DE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), S6855 [21SE], S6859, S6860 [22SE]

——— women’s health care services funding, S8216 [1DE], S8269 [2DE]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S6884 [22SE], S7024 [30SE], S8139 [19NO], S8236 [1DE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 2181), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC], S7627, S7647 [29OC]

Puerto Rico: status of economic crisis, S8183–S8186 [30NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, S6328 [5AU]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S2612, S2625 [5MY], S2744, S2747 [11MY], S2769, S2781 [12MY], S2817 [13MY], S2949–S2951 [18MY], S3010 [19MY], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S3276 [22MY], S3635, S3669–S3671 [3JN], S3917 [9JN], S4000–S4004 [10JN], S4079–S4081 [11JN], S4214 [17JN], S4334 [22JN], S4558 [24JN], S4929 [9JY], S5092 [15JY], S5181–S5184, S5186–S5191, S5194 [21JY], S5431, S5432, S5438–S5441, S5444–S5447 [22JY], S5477–S5484, S5486–S5500, S5506 [23JY], S5566–S5677 [24JY], S5701–S5710 [26JY], S5893, S5895–S5900, S5907–S5910, S5912–S5919, S5921, S5922 [27JY], S6045–S6056, S6058, S6062–S6066 [28JY], S6089, S6091, S6098–S6102, S6104–S6108, S6113–S6116, S6122–S6125 [29JY], S6147, S6149, S6153–S6162, S6166, S6181 [30JY], S6370 [5AU], S6682 [16SE], S6926–S6929 [24SE], S7183–S7185 [7OC], S7557 [28OC], S7631 [29OC], S7802–S7804, S7807–S7810 [5NO], S7881–S7887 [10NO], S8068, S8072 [18NO], S8227 [1DE], S8335, S8357–S8369 [3DE], S8428 [7DE], S8461 [8DE], S8565 [10DE], S8660 [15DE], S8758, S8759 [17DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), S3198, S3199 [20MY], S3259–S3261, S3263, S3269 [22MY], S3315 [23MY], S3640 [3JN], S7077 [1OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), unanimous-consent agreement, S3316 [23MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), S5133, S5134, S5175 [16JY], S5181 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), S6117–S6119 [29JY], S6147, S6164–S6166, S6181 [30JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), unanimous-consent agreement, S6144 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), S7484 [26OC], S7567, S7570, S7574–S7580, S7586, S7587 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), unanimous-consent agreement, S7574 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), unanimous-consent request, S7574 [28OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), S8030 [18NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [19NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1350), S2947 [14MY], S3005 [18MY], S3215 [21MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1647), S4634, S4635 [25JN], S5118–S5120 [15JY], S7437, S7453 [22OC], S7484 [26OC], S7579 [28OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend, S1358 [10MR], S1407, S1414, S1415 [11MR], S1453, S1456, S1457, S1464 [12MR], S1651 [19MR], S2327–S2331 [22AP], S2560 [30AP], S3232 [21MY]

——— reauthorize and amend (S. 262), S544 [27JA], S1268, S1270 [4MR]

SBA: establish a program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 208), S7406, S7407 [21OC]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 1266), S2761 [11MY]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 966), S7796–S7798, S7800 [5NO]

——— extend availability of low-interestmortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 966), unanimous-consent request, S7798–S7800 [5NO]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), S5558 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (S. 552), S1078 [24FE], S7796, S7797, S7800 [5NO]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (S. 552), unanimous-consent request, S7798–S7800 [5NO]

——— provide additional assistance to small business concerns for disaster recovery, S7406 [21OC]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (S. 2126), S7119 [5OC]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1513), S3778 [4JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, S691 [2FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 517), S992 [12FE]

Senate: tribute to Members and staff who worked on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, S8360 [3DE]

Social Security: anniversary, S6365 [5AU]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 246), S6404 [5AU]

——— budget treatment of trust funds relative to continued funding for Medicare and Medicaid, S6166 [30JY]

——— create a point of order against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S1762–S1764, S1767 [24MR]

——— disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 139), S105 [8JA], S5175 [16JY]

——— ensure contributions made by workers are available to pay all benefits which they have earned (S. 2090), S6976 [28SE], S7604 [29OC]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S2199 [15AP]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand and protect benefits, S2012 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen, S1767 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S2209, S2210 [15AP]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2094, S2100–S2103 [13AP], S2141, S2144, S2145–S2152, S2154–S2161, S2163, S2164 [14AP], S2392 [23AP]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S2156 [14AP]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 522), S997 [12FE], S1341 [9MR], S1555 [16MR], S1777 [24MR]

——— improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (S. 960), S7443 [22OC]

——— invest child welfare funds to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families to reduce the prevalence and length of foster care (S. 1964), S6386 [5AU]

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (S. 1758), S5153 [16JY], S7629 [29OC]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program, S968–S970 [12FE]

——— reallocate funds from the Old-Age and Survivors Disability Insurance fund to the Social Security Disability Insurance program, S813 [5FE], S885 [10FE], S1482 [12MR], S7610 [29OC]

——— reform, S1482 [12MR], S4821 [8JY]

——— solvency, S815 [5FE], S5485 [23JY]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, S635 [29JA], S686 [2FE], S906 [10FE], S2646 [5MY]

SSA: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (S. 369), S8059 [18NO]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (S. 1923), S6297–S6299 [4AU]

——— provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (S. 1922), S6297–S6299 [4AU]

States: exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs to individuals sterilized under a government-sponsored program from determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits (S. 1698), S4652, S4657 [25JN], S4659 [7JY], S8195 [30NO]

Supreme Court: decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S4621–S4625, S4628, S4633, S4634, S4638–S4640 [25JN]

——— hearing of arguments in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S1235, S1242 [3MR], S1264, S1270–S1272, S1287, S1291–S1293 [4MR], S1398, S1399, S1401 [11MR], S3096 [20MY], S4068 [11JN], S4209 [16JN], S4219, S4243 [17JN], S4260–S4262, S4279–S4282 [18JN], S4336, S4340, S4341 [22JN], S4561, S4563, S4576–S4582 [24JN]

Taxation: establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (S. 959), S2222 [15AP]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (S. 996), S2297 [21AP]

——— increase certain fuel taxes, strengthen the earned income tax and child tax credits, and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment (S. 1994), S6927 [24SE], S7257–S7260 [8OC], S7454 [22OC], S7631 [29OC]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and provide equitable treatment relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S8184 [30NO]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (S. 440), S902 [10FE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (S. 1548), S4031 [10JN], S4232–S4235, S4237 [17JN], S4571 [24JN], S6998 [29SE], S7151 [6OC]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S302 [21JA], S663 [29JA]

Tornadoes: express condolences for tornado victims and provide disaster assistance to Illinois, S4564 [24JN]

——— express condolences for victims and provide disaster assistance to Fairdale, IL, S2142 [14AP]

——— express condolences for victims and provide disaster assistance to Illinois, S5202 [21JY]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S86 [8JA], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S7087–S7089 [1OC], S7629–S7632 [29OC]

Urban areas: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (S. 1889), S6182 [30JY]

Veterans: commend availability of benefits under the GI Bill, S7897 [10NO]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits, S3277 [22MY]

——— waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (S. 1731), S4956 [9JY], S7621, S7622 [29OC]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (S. 653), S1305 [4MR], S3975 [9JN]

Weather: express condolences and support for people effected by severe storms in Illinois, S6366 [5AU]

Reports filed

Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare (AFIRM) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2368) (S. Rept. 114–177), S8492 [8DE]

Career-Ready Student Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2360) (H. Rept. 114–336), H8239 [16NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Waiver Authority Clarification: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1362) (S. Rept. 114–108), S6186 [30JY]

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 966), S4021 [10JN]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel To Investigate Certain Matters Relative to Fetal Tissue Procurement and Abortion Practices: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 461) (H. Rept. 114–288), H6835 [6OC]

Community Based Independence for Seniors Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 704) (S. Rept. 114–103), S6186 [30JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 114–360), H8970 [2DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 114–359), H8859 [1DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 173) (H. Rept. 114–50), H2031 [25MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 121) (H. Rept. 114–28), H1112 [24FE]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 125) (H. Rept. 114–29), H1162 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act and H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 347) (H. Rept. 114–192), H4860 [7JY]

Consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 42) (H. Rept. 114–4), H477 [21JA]

Consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia Funding for Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program Private School Vouchers Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 480) (H. Rept. 114–300), H7026 [20OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 114–120), H3308 [18MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 287) (H. Rept. 114–135), H3641 [1JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act and H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 362) (H. Rept. 114–204), H5171 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act and H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 114–262), H6073 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act and H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 114–234), H5587 [28JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 114–269), H6306 [28SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 114–315), H7253 [27OC]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 507) (H. Rept. 114–325), H7389 [2NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 114–326), H7622 [3NO]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1562) (H. Rept. 114–72), H2208 [14AP]

Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Authorization Extension: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 125), S2040 [26MR]

Dept. of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1268), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1268) (S. Rept. 114–44), S2793 [12MY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1892) (H. Rept. 114–108), H2820 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 216) (H. Rept. 114–48), H1847 [23MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2577) (H. Rept. 114–129), H3581 [29MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2577) (S. Rept. 114–75), S4646 [25JN]

Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1647) (S. Rept. 114–80), S5129 [15JY]

Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2109) (S. Rept. 114–173), S8437 [7DE]

District of Columbia Funding for Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program Private School Vouchers Reauthorization: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 114–292), H6980 [16OC]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1344) (H. Rept. 114–241), H5846 [8SE]

Emergency Information Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1090) (S. Rept. 114–142), S6651 [15SE]

Energy Policy Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2012) (S. Rept. 114–138), S6532 [9SE]

Every Student Succeeds Act: Committee of Conference (S. 1177) (H. Rept. 114–354), H8644 [30NO]

Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 991) (S. Rept. 114–151), S7101 [1OC]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1831) (H. Rept. 114–211), H5289 [16JY]

Exclude From Gross Income Certain Clean Coal Power Grants to Non-Corporate Taxpayers: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 919) (S. Rept. 114–29), S2171 [14AP]

Fairness for Crime Victims Act: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 1495) (S. Rept. 114–87), S5210 [21JY]

Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 614) (S. Rept. 114–86), S5210 [21JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2320) (H. Rept. 114–299), H7026 [20OC]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 22) (H. Rept. 114–357), H8859 [1DE]

Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1115) (S. Rept. 114–169), S8191 [30NO]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3089) (H. Rept. 114–264), H6177 [18SE]

HUBZone Revitalization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1292), S4021 [10JN]

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 350) (H. Rept. 114–9), H637 [27JA]

Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2136), S8378 [3DE]

Insert H.R. 5 Language in Lieu and Request Conference on S. 1177, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 526) (H. Rept. 114–340), H8239 [16NO]

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 181) (H. Rept. 114–7), H637 [27JA]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 178), S1217 [2MR]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1169) (S. Rept. 114–181), S8684 [15DE]

Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (S. 971) (H. Rept. 114–172), H4591 [23JN]

Microloan Modernization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1857), S6651 [15SE]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2670) (H. Rept. 114–188), H4768 [25JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 710), S3775 [4JN]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 710) (S. Rept. 114–117), S6379 [5AU]

Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2604) (H. Rept. 114–224), H5464 [23JY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1482), S4952 [9JY]

Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 192), S736 [3FE]

Patient Access to Disposable Medical Technology Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1253) (S. Rept. 114–105), S6186 [30JY]

Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2581) (H. Rept. 114–161), H4430 [16JN]

Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 861) (S. Rept. 114–104), S6186 [30JY]

Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1021) (H. Rept. 114–46), H1767 [18MR]

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 466) (S. Rept. 114–100), S6186 [30JY]

Recovery Improvements for Small Entities (RISE) After Disaster Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1470), S4021 [10JN]

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 607) (S. Rept. 114–102), S6186 [30JY]

Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1616) (S. Rept. 114–174), S8492 [8DE]

Securing Care for Seniors Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2579) (H. Rept. 114–160), H4430 [16JN]

Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment (SURVIVE) Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1704) (S. Rept. 114–172), S8378 [3DE]

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 999), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Energy Efficiency Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1756), S6651 [15SE]

Small Business Investment Capital Company Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 552), S4021 [10JN]

Small Business Investment Company Capital Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 114–189), H4768 [25JN]

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 349) (S. Rept. 114–99), S6186 [30JY]

STEM Education Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 1020) (S. Rept. 114–115), S6294 [4AU]

Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 159) (H. Rept. 114–6), H637 [27JA]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 166), S1217 [2MR]

Student Success Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 114–24), H1084 [20FE]

Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 208) (H. Rept. 114–186), H4768 [25JN]

——— Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1811), S7271 [8OC]

Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3763) (H. Rept. 114–318), H7346 [29OC]

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 282) (S. Rept. 114–71), S4601 [24JN]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 598) (H. Rept. 114–298), H7026 [20OC]

21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 1203) (S. Rept. 114–153), S7303 [19OC]

Veterans Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 957), S4021 [10JN]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2499) (H. Rept. 114–187), H4768 [25JN]

Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1400), S6651 [15SE]

Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1866), S6651 [15SE]

Water Resources Research Act Grants Reauthorization and Applied Water Supply Research Regarding Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 653) (S. Rept. 114–48), S2971 [18MY]

Western Water and American Food Security Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2898) (H. Rept. 114–197), H5116 [13JY], H5171 [14JY]

Women’s Small Business Ownership Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2126), S7271 [8OC]

Workforce Investment System Reform and Strengthening: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1124), S2472 [28AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1180 [26FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3834, H3835, H3851, H3855, H3861, H3862, H3867 [3JN]

Statements

ATEST Urges Senate To Reach Bipartisan Compromise on Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S1427 [11MR]

Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act: Highway Materials Group, S6160 [30JY]

——— James T. Callahan, International Union of Operating Engineers, S6159 [30JY]

——— Raymond J. Poupore, National Infrastructure Alliance, S6159 [30JY]

——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America, S6159 [30JY]

——— Transportation Construction Coalition, S6160 [30JY]

Every Student Succeeds Act: Representatives Rokita and Kline, H8894 [2DE]

——— Senator Alexander, S8237 [1DE]

Federal-Aid Highway, Highway Safety, Motor Carrier Safety, Transit, and Other Highway Trust Fund-Funded Programs Extension: Representative Blumenauer, E1073, E1075 [15JY]

Higher Education Act Reauthorization—Exploring Barriers and Opportunities Within Innovation: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6127 [29JY]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Executive Office of the President, H507 [22JA]

Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Center for American Progress, H2043 [26MR]

——— Executive Office of the President, H2040 [26MR]

——— Speaker Boehner, S2152 [14AP]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act Relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Funding: Representative Castor, E1542 [27OC]

Student Success Act: Executive Office of the President, H1148 [25FE]

Support State and Local Accountability for Public Education: Senator Alexander, S2165 [14AP]

Task Force on Government Regulation of Higher Education: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1101–S1103 [25FE]

University of Phoenix Endorsement: Andrew Workman, S7573 [28OC]

——— Jim Wallace, S7574 [28OC]

——— Ryan Zulkoski, S7573 [28OC]

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act: Several Veterinary and Animal Organizations, S902 [10FE]

Western Water and American Food Security Act: Executive Office of the President, H5190 [15JY]

Summaries

Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act (S. 108), S65 [7JA], S3669 [3JN]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), H8990–H8992 [3DE]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3818–H3825 [3JN]

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway & bridge projects, S5703 [26JY]

Federal share of State capital outlays for highway and bridge projects, S7184 [7OC]

Five-year estimates of Federal allotments and number of children served by improved early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4932 [9JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 47, corrections in enrollment of S. 178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, H3504 [20MY]

H. Res. 42, consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, H485 [22JA]

H. Res. 121, consideration of H.R. 529, tax treatment of certain education savings plans improvement and H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H1126 [25FE]

H. Res. 125, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H1180 [26FE]

H. Res. 173, consideration of H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2038 [26MR]

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H3321 [19MY]

H. Res. 287, consideration of H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 2578, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H3652 [2JN]

H. Res. 295, support local law enforcement agencies in efforts to serve communities and support use of body worn cameras to promote transparency and protect citizens, H3959 [9JN]

H. Res. 347, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4879 [8JY]

H. Res. 362, consideration of H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act and H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5188 [15JY]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 1994, VA Accountability Act and H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5610 [29JY]

H. Res. 421, consideration of H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act and H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H6096 [17SE]

H. Res. 444, consideration of H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H6316 [29SE]

H. Res. 461, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices, H6869 [7OC]

H. Res. 480, consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization and H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act, H7041 [21OC]

H. Res. 495, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7268 [28OC]

H. Res. 507, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, H7403 [3NO]

H. Res. 512, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, H7641 [4NO]

H. Res. 526, insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference on S. 1177, Student Success Act, H8254 [17NO]

H. Res. 542, consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act and conference report on S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, H8875 [2DE]

H. Res. 546, consideration of conference report on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H8975 [3DE]

H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2045–H2070 [26MR]

H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H1194–H1253 [26FE]

H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, H494 [22JA]

H.R. 10, District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization, H7070–H7073 [21OC]

H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S5566–S5671 [24JY]

H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7517–H7579 [3NO]

H.R. 91, Veteran’s I.D. Card Act, H3263 [18MY]

H.R. 91, Veterans Identification Card Act, S4521 [22JN]

H.R. 159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, H592 [27JA]

H.R. 181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, H600–H602 [27JA]

H.R. 208, Recovery Improvements for Small Entities (RISE) After Disaster Act, H8223–H8226 [16NO]

H.R. 208, Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act, H5096 [13JY]

H.R. 216, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act, H1822–H1824 [23MR]

H.R. 233, Tenant Income Verification Relief Act, H1812 [23MR]

H.R. 350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H589 [27JA]

H.R. 360, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, H1814–H1818 [23MR]

H.R. 474, homeless veterans reintegration programs extension and eligibility for services under such programs clarification, H3258 [18MY]

H.R. 1020, STEM Education Act, H1098 [24FE]

H.R. 1023, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act, H5095 [13JY]

H.R. 1047, Housing Assistance Efficiency Act, H5132 [14JY]

H.R. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, S6819 [17SE]

H.R. 1344, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H5794 [8SE]

H.R. 1562, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2241 [15AP]

H.R. 1816, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H3264 [18MY]

H.R. 1831, Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act, H5486 [27JY]

H.R. 2353, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H3330–H3332 [19MY]

H.R. 2482, Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act, H5134 [14JY]

H.R. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act, H5101 [13JY]

H.R. 2577, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S8034–S8054 [18NO]

H.R. 2582, Seniors’ Health Care Plan Protection Act, H4485 [17JN]

H.R. 2670, Microloan Modernization Act, H5099 [13JY]

H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act, H5254–H5271 [16JY]

H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5198–H5203 [15JY]

H.R. 3089, Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act, H6271 [28SE]

H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act, H6152 [18SE]

H.R. 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, H5640–H5647 [29JY]

H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, H6324 [29SE]

H.R. 3594, Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act, S8708 [16DE], H9676 [17DE]

H.R. 3594, Higher Education Extension Act, H6279 [28SE]

H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H7207–H7211 [27OC]

H.R. 3996, Surface Transportation Extension Act, Part II, H8213–H8216 [16NO]

S. 125, Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership authorization extension, S2671 [6MY]

S. 139, Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act, S105 [8JA], S5175 [16JY], H6276 [28SE]

S. 178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S205–S209 [13JA], S1349–S1356 [10MR], S2338–S2348 [22AP], H3266–H3277 [18MY]

S. 192, Older Americans Act reauthorization, S5158–S5162 [16JY]

S. 256, amend Dept. of HUD definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth, S543 [27JA]

S. 349, Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, S6539 [9SE]

S. 396, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S834–S836 [5FE]

S. 569, Farm to School Act, S1121 [25FE]

S. 599, Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act, S1169 [26FE], H8176 [16NO]

S. 614, Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act, S6083 [28JY], H9018 [7DE]

S. 653, Water Resources Research Act grants reauthorization and applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes, S1305 [4MR]

S. 653, Water Resources Research Act grants reauthorization for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes, S3975 [9JN]

S. 657, Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act, S1306 [4MR]

S. 741, Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, S1530 [16MR]

S. 840, Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, S1712–S1716 [23MR]

S. 870, Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act, S2048 [26MR]

S. 971, increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program, S2319 [22AP]

S. 971, Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act, H5217 [15JY]

S. 1021, Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act, S2302 [21AP]

S. 1022, Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act, S2303 [21AP]

S. 1058, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S2356 [22AP]

S. 1070, GI Education Benefit Fairness Act, S2403 [23AP]

S. 1079, Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act, S2403–S2405 [23AP]

S. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, H9337 [16DE]

S. 1108, Death Benefits for Court Security Officers Act, S2476 [28AP]

S. 1115, Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act, S8906, S8907 [18DE]

S. 1122, Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act, S2479 [28AP]

S. 1124, reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, H2855 [12MY]

S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, S5326–S5428 [21JY]

S. 1203, 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act, S7939–S7954 [10NO]

S. 1362, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) waiver authority clarification, S6425 [5AU]

S. 1369, Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act, S3062 [19MY]

S. 1397, ITIN Reform Act, S3186 [20MY]

S. 1400, Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act, S3187 [20MY]

S. 1482, Need-Based Educational Aid Act, S3459 [2JN], S5089 [14JY], H5490 [27JY]

S. 1529, Crime Gun Tracing Act, S3928 [9JN]

S. 1534, Treto Garza South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act, S3931 [9JN]

S. 1556, Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act, S4107 [11JN]

S. 1557, Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act, S4107 [11JN]

S. 1616, Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act, S8728 [16DE]

S. 1628, preserve current amount of basic allowance for housing for certain married members of uniformed services, S4302 [18JN]

S. 1698, Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act, S8195 [30NO]

S. 1731, Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act, S7622 [29OC]

S. 2272, Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act, S7916 [10NO]

S. 2387, Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act, S8604 [10DE]

S. Res. 25, Medicare/Medicaid anniversary, S109 [8JA]

S. Res. 74, 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, S1003 [12FE]

S. Res. 108, commemorate discovery of polio vaccine and support Federal and international efforts to eradicate disease, S1784 [24MR]

S. Res. 143, support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education, S2306 [21AP]

S. Res. 193, recognize anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision allowing use of contraceptives by married couples and the importance of affordable family planning services, S3780 [4JN]

S. Res. 199, National Strategic Agenda establishment with goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security, S4109 [11JN]

S. Res. 246, Social Security anniversary, S6404 [5AU]

S. Res. 267, support continuation of Dept. of Education Federal Perkins Loan Program, S6941 [24SE]

S. Res. 292, increase availability of high-quality child care for working parents, S7473 [22OC]

S. Res. 328, designate a national day of remembrance for victims of drunken and drugged driving and for victims of consequences of underage drinking, S8381 [3DE]

Transcripts

Cash Cows—Military Colleges: Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure (television show), S7766 [4NO]