BOYLE, BRENDAN F. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and China Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (see H.J. Res. 56), H3574 [22MY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H4002 [9JN]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H4345 [12JN]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2880 [12MY] (see H.R. 1942), H6836 [6OC]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5783 [31JY]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see H.R. 1858), H7090 [21OC]

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

Business and industry: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (see H.R. 625), H4003 [9JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 2612), H7090 [21OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1343), H6228 [24SE]

Chemicals: allow marketing, distribution, or sale of solid antimicrobial copper alloys with certain claims and exclude certain solid antimicrobial copper alloys from regulation as drugs or devices (see H.R. 1424), H5775 [29JY]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H7347 [29OC]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H641 [27JA]

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

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

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

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H8241 [16NO]

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

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

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 1728), H6836 [6OC]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.R. 2660), H4004 [9JN]

——— require animals in Federal research centers be included in the definition of animal under the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 746), H4492 [17JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H1768 [18MR] (see H.R. 3751), H6974 [9OC]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H3914 [4JN]

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

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

——— 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 H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H3577 [26MY]

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

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H5404 [22JY]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H5783 [31JY]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H8242 [16NO]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H3564 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks (see H.R. 2285), H7743 [4NO]

——— making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1076), H8414 [19NO]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H7139 [22OC]

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

——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 2917), H8362 [18NO]

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

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 1088), H2500 [28AP]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see H.R. 4266), H9374 [16DE]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2368), H10712 [18DE]

——— disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6795 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a nonregulatory program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 1772), H2209 [14AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H7175 [23OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H3577 [26MY]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H3574 [22MY]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H3565 [21MY]

——— improve authority to suspend and remove employees for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety (see H.R. 2999), H5592 [28JY]

——— 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]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 2100), H3391 [19MY]

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

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2656 [29AP]

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

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

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H1807 [19MR]

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

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 3071), H5236 [15JY]

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

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5298 [20JY]

——— express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 130), H2213 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1373 [26FE]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H2772 [30AP]

Families and domestic relations: establish a grant program to empower relatives, friends, and coworkers of domestic violence victims to create safety plans (see H.R. 67), H7390 [2NO]

——— support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce operation and maintenance costs associated with the Federal vehicle fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts (see H.R. 1613), H4432 [16JN]

Federal aid programs: provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (see H.R. 4144), H8859 [1DE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H4344 [12JN]

——— repeal certain revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employee Retirement System (see H.R. 785), H4003 [9JN]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6937 [8OC]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 3411), H7028 [20OC]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2380), H7090 [21OC]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 3455), H7091 [21OC]

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

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

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 2283), H9206 [9DE]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 2916), H8362 [18NO]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks (see H. Res. 524), H8282 [17NO]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4593 [23JN]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1614 [4MR]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H8646 [30NO]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H664 [28JA]

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

House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2769 [30AP]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 325), H4491 [17JN]

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4079), H8646 [30NO]

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

Iran: immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3254 [15MY]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H6076 [16SE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H9271 [10DE]

Israel: condemn resolutions or policies calling for or instituting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars by institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations (see H. Res. 318), H4431 [16JN]

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

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H5524 [27JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H3565 [21MY]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H5332 [21JY]

Lebanon: condemn terrorist attacks in Beirut, offer condolences to families of the victims and to the injured, and support efforts to bring to justice those involved in planning and execution of attacks (see H. Res. 535), H8412 [19NO]

Lewisberry, PA: tribute to Red Land Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 422), H6837 [6OC]

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

Macedonia: support accession to NATO (see H. Res. 56), H4594 [23JN]

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

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

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H4862 [7JY]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 3220), H5523 [27JY]

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

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7028 [20OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H3643 [1JN]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H7333 [28OC]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4003 [9JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H7390 [2NO]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1726), H6706 [29SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H3214 [14MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: 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 H.R. 837), H916 [10FE]

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

Middle East: support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 293), H6077 [16SE]

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

National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 59), H8362 [18NO]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 38), H2307 [16AP]

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

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H3565 [21MY]

NLRB: establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see H.R. 3690), H6835 [6OC]

——— strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see H.R. 3514), H6074 [16SE]

OPM: provide complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage to all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies (see H.R. 3029), H5333 [21JY]

Passports: waive passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster (see H.R. 3750), H6974 [9OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

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

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H1850 [23MR]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1806 [19MR]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 15), H5592 [28JY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H1618 [4MR]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1526 [2MR]

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

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1526 [2MR]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7090 [21OC]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 870), H7189 [26OC]

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

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 2410), H5592 [28JY]

Russia: call for release of Ukrainian fighter pilot, Nadiya V. Savchenko (see H. Res. 50), H705 [2FE]

——— prohibit U.S. recognition of annexation of Crimea (see H.R. 93), H5591 [28JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H4863 [7JY]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H2500 [28AP]

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

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3351), H7091 [21OC]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2978), H5333 [21JY]

Social Security: merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5401 [22JY]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 1391), H1720 [17MR]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H4862 [7JY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H4345 [12JN]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H6180 [18SE]

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

Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office, Knox, PA: designate (see H.R. 433), H479 [21JA]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H5118 [13JY]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 2442), H3759 [2JN]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H3215 [14MY]

Syria: condemn use of chemical weapons, hold accountable those who use chemical weapons, assist in collection and transfer of evidence on use of such weapons, and call for an international response (see H. Res. 346), H9272 [10DE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H7390 [2NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H3582 [29MY]

——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H5591 [28JY]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 2429), H3387 [19MY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5775 [29JY]

——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2412), H3386 [19MY]

——— increase and improve credit for dependent care expenses and provide a credit for education of employees of child care centers (see H.R. 1492), H9691 [17DE]

——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (see H.R. 680), H755 [3FE]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H2155 [13AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H6076 [16SE]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H5591 [28JY]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2434), H8281 [17NO]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H2879 [12MY]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 158), H9080 [8DE]

——— require a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorist use of social media (see H.R. 3654), H9329 [15DE]

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

Ukraine: provide assistance for fulfillment of the economic, social, and government reform requirements necessary for membership eligibility to the European Union (see H. Res. 122), H1502 [27FE]

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

Veterans: honor veterans disabled for life (see H. Con. Res. 53), H3577 [26MY]

Virgin Islands: issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (see H. Res. 291), H4594 [23JN]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2615), H4594 [23JN]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 25), H1618 [4MR]

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

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

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

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

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

World War II: commemorate anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, remember Holocaust victims, and support educational efforts on the Holocaust and prevention of future genocide (see H. Res. 49), H705 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations to establish public-private partnerships under the International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator Program (see H.R. 2729), H4241 [11JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide that an alien that has traveled to Iraq or Syria in the 5-year period prior to applying for admission to the U.S. is ineligible for admission under the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4173), H9011 [3DE]

Federal employees: prevent Thrift Savings Plan funds from being invested in any company that boycotts Israel (see H.R. 2645), H3912 [4JN]

National Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 463), H6835 [6OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations to establish public-private partnerships under the International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator Program (H.R. 2729), H4242 [11JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide that an alien that has traveled to Iraq or Syria in the 5-year period prior to applying for admission to the U.S. is ineligible for admission under the visa waiver program (H.R. 4173), H9012 [3DE]

Federal employees: prevent Thrift Savings Plan funds from being invested in any company that boycotts Israel (H.R. 2645), H3915 [4JN]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), E712• [14MY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H4460 [17JN]

——— remove members deployed to Iraq or Syria, other than those required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 55), H4460 [17JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H761 [4FE]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7311 [28OC]

Climate: global warming, H9360, H9361, H9363 [16DE]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H538 [26JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 1434), H2028 [25MR]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H2027, H2028, H2029 [25MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1488 [27FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1155, H1158, H1159 [25FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4328 [12JN]

Education: proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, H538 [26JA], H761 [4FE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H4607, H4611 [24JN]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 723), H2856, H2857 [12MY]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H4460 [17JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4328 [12JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H718 [3FE]

Immigration: reform, H1158 [25FE]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8389 [19NO]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4328 [12JN], H7311 [28OC]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H2479 [28AP]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), H1787 [19MR]

NOAA: climate research funding, H3687 [2JN]

Passports: waive passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster (H.R. 3750), H9347 [16DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H718 [3FE]

Philadelphia, PA: closure of Nabisco, Inc., bakery, H4972 [9JY]

——— express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, Amtrak train derailment, E712• [14MY]

——— tribute to Mathematic Science and Technology (MaST) Community Charter School, E1693• [2DE]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H9361 [16DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5206 [15JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3687 [2JN]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4328 [12JN]

Terrorism: authorize revocation or denial of passports and passport cards to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations (H.R. 237), H5313, H5314 [21JY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: support, H9361 [16DE]

Ukraine: anniversary of Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933, E1606• [5NO]

——— provide humanitarian assistance, E1726• [8DE]

Votes: position on missed, H1386• [27FE], E703•, E712• [14MY], E1344• [24SE], E1371• [28SE]

Tributes

Hesburgh, Theodore M., H1576 [4MR]

Rosado, Jonathan, H5219 [15JY], E1074• [15JY]