BROOKS, SUSAN W. (a Representative from Indiana)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H166 [9JA]

Amendments

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8937 [2DE]

Appointments

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H354 [13JA]

House Democracy Partnership, H742 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: encourage countries to provide first-time access to electricity and power services for a minimum number of people in sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2847), H9080 [8DE]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see H.R. 3706), H10712 [18DE]

Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H3574 [22MY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H664 [28JA]

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 101), H10713 [18DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2794 [1MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

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), H1625 [10MR]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 2041), H4957 [8JY]

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), H5470 [23JY]

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]

Colleges and universities: protect victims of sexual violence and improve adjudication of sexual violence allegations (see H.R. 3408), H5768 [29JY]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H9691 [17DE]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 650), H1771 [18MR]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (see H.R. 1210), H2035 [25MR]

Crime: establish a criminal violation for using false communications with the intent to create an emergency response (see H.R. 4057), H9272 [10DE]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H583 [26JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H984 [11FE]

——— repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see H.R. 3845), H8646 [30NO]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H2115 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 401), H641 [27JA]

——— prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H1662 [16MR]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 1310), H1612 [4MR]

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

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country to which exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 287), H583 [26JA]

Dept. of HHS: designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H4862 [7JY]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H2500 [28AP]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2500 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve intelligence and information sharing on threats posed by terrorist attacks using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials (see H.R. 2200), H3565 [21MY]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2467 [23AP]

——— modernize and implement the integrated public alert and warning system to disseminate homeland security and other information (see H.R. 1738), H2152 [13AP]

——— take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (see H.R. 615), H662 [28JA]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H1723 [17MR]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H661 [28JA]

——— reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2667), H6937 [8OC]

Dept. of Labor: provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 2509), H3879 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 2610), H3757 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize the transfer of funds among certain scholarship and debt reduction programs (see H.R. 2674), H6894 [7OC]

——— clarify the amount and duration of scholarships under the Employee Incentive Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2672), H6894 [7OC]

——— clarify the amount of scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2671), H6894 [7OC]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H2035 [25MR]

——— designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (see H.R. 1688), H9206 [9DE]

——— develop and publish an action plan for improving vocational rehabilitation services and assistance (see H.R. 356), H3879 [3JN]

——— disclose certain information to State controlled substance monitoring programs (see H.R. 4279), H9374 [16DE]

——— establish credentialing requirements for medical vendors (see H.R. 3422), H7391 [2NO]

——— 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), H4773 [25JN]

——— expand eligibility of employees to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program (see H.R. 2673), H6894 [7OC]

——— furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H5404 [22JY]

——— improve participation in State prescription drug monitoring programs (see H.R. 2046), H6893 [7OC]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2031 [25MR]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5173 [14JY]

——— make certain improvements in information security (see H.R. 1017), H1618 [4MR]

——— modify treatment of agreements entered into to furnish nursing home care, adult day health care, or other extended care services (see H.R. 1369), H3310 [18MY]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 642), H1626 [10MR]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H7391 [2NO]

——— 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 H.R. 1141), H5332 [21JY]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H2500 [28AP]

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

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 82), H7391 [2NO]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H2501 [28AP]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 70), H7626 [3NO]

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H7391 [2NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H7391 [2NO]

——— expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H6893 [7OC]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H4345 [12JN]

——— harmonize requirements of ozone national ambient air quality standards (see H.R. 4000), H9080 [8DE]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H3310 [18MY]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H2959 [13MY]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2959 [13MY]

Families and domestic relations: establish national and State putative father registries and make grants to States to promote permanent families for children and responsible fatherhood (see H.R. 2818), H9080 [8DE]

FCC: prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1565 [3MR]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 1078), H2500 [28AP]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for certain new drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications (see H.R. 1353), H2500 [28AP]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3879 [3JN]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 484), H583 [26JA]

——— establish entities tasked with improving program and project management (see H.R. 2144), H7626 [3NO]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H705 [2FE]

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

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 614), H2959 [13MY]

——— reduce operation and maintenance costs associated with the Federal vehicle fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts (see H.R. 1613), H2156 [13AP]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 1336), H5524 [27JY]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (see H.R. 361), H404 [14JA]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H4862 [7JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H664 [28JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 916), H1032 [12FE]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Foreign aid: establish guidelines for measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring of evaluation plans for U.S. foreign development and economic assistance programs and increase transparency (see H.R. 3766), H9080 [8DE]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H1850 [23MR]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 1737), H4862 [7JY]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3574 [22MY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H2035 [25MR]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H9080 [8DE]

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

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H664 [28JA]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6837 [6OC]

——— 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]

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

Immigration: provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain situations (see H.R. 2922), H4770 [25JN]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H866 [9FE]

Iran: clarify conditions for use of Presidential waiver authority for certain sanctions (see H. Res. 454), H6788 [1OC]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— enhance congressional oversight over administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers (see H.R. 3662), H6787 [1OC]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 100), H9272 [10DE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2212 [14AP]

IRS: terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 709), H1850 [23MR]

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), H4864 [7JY]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H2212 [14AP]

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), H2306 [16AP]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H9307 [11DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H5944 [10SE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H2799 [5MY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H2499 [28AP]

——— adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see H.R. 2513), H4138 [10JN]

——— create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 776), H854 [5FE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H2500 [28AP]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2799 [5MY]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H9375 [16DE]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2500 [28AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2155 [13AP]

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

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1373 [26FE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H2655 [29AP]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H4544 [18JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2772 [30AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H2500 [28AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 11), H584 [26JA]

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), H5239 [15JY]

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

Middle East: condemn violence against religious minorities and any actions that limit the free expression and practice of faith by these minorities (see H. Res. 139), H1618 [4MR]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H4493 [17JN]

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8361 [18NO]

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

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6894 [7OC]

Palestinian Authority: deplore actions to join International Criminal Court and undertake legal action against Israel and oppose illegitimate use of law, known as lawfare (see H. Res. 209), H3880 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H4383 [15JN]

——— exempt local schools, educational agencies, and institutions of higher education from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 769), H853 [5FE]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 210), H154 [8JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2475 [27AP]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— 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. 2488), H3557 [21MY]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H8860 [1DE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H641 [27JA]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H1373 [26FE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H2464 [23AP]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H1038 [12FE]

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H3391 [19MY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

Social Security: 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), H1038 [12FE]

——— reduce Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program fraud in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3444), H5847 [8SE]

——— 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), H2500 [28AP]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H6139 [17SE]

Staff Sergeant Jesse L. Williams Post Office, Elkhart, IN: designate (see H.R. 2413), H3386 [19MY]

Tariff: exempt from duty residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the U.S. (see H.R. 1773), H2880 [12MY]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4774 [25JN]

——— extend credit for health insurance costs of certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension recipients (see H.R. 1143), H1568 [3MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H2155 [13AP]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 1720), H2110 [26MR]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5469 [23JY]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H4774 [25JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1372 [26FE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H2959 [13MY]

——— permit the Dept. of the Treasury and the SSA to disclose certain return information relative to identity theft (see H.R. 2398), H3565 [21MY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H3214 [14MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

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), H757 [3FE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2071), H2497 [28AP]

Veterans: provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H2959 [13MY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 1732), H2212 [14AP]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H1623 [6MR]

——— provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (see H.R. 2800), H5332 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computer Science Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H9025 [7DE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 3242), H5588 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (see H.R. 623), H667 [30JA]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see H.R. 2805), H4491 [17JN]

Medicaid: extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (see H.R. 3681), H6792 [2OC]

Medicare: provide for a pharmaceutical and technology ombudsman (see H.R. 2325), H3211 [14MY]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H5763 [29JY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H5028 [9JY]

Constitutional authority statements

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (H.R. 3242), H5590 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (H.R. 623), H667 [30JA]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (H.R. 2805), H4492 [17JN]

Medicaid: extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (H.R. 3681), H6792 [2OC]

Medicare: provide for a pharmaceutical and technology ombudsman (H.R. 2325), H3213 [14MY]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (H.R. 3299), H5771 [29JY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (H.R. 2992), H5030 [9JY]

Lists

Indiana law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2014, H2969 [14MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1375 [27FE], H8251 [17NO]

Remarks

Anderson, IN: anniversary, E1152• [28JY]

Carmel, IN: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1537• [26OC]

——— tribute to Carmel High School girls’ swim team, E420• [25MR]

Computer Science Education Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 554), H9034 [8DE]

Dept. of Energy: review and update data on reuse of used lubricating oil in order to increase collection rate and sustainable reuse, H8937, H8938 [2DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (H.R. 623), H680, H681, H682, H683 [2FE]

——— establish a social media working group (H.R. 623), Senate amendment, H7316 [28OC]

——— take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (H.R. 615), H679 [2FE], E960• [24JN]

——— train personnel to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities (H.R. 460), H609 [27JA]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8823 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8823 [1DE]

——— proposed Clean Power Plan regulations, H8823 [1DE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H5154 [14JY]

——— develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H8252 [17NO]

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, H8252 [17NO]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5013 [9JY], H5070 [10JY]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Allison Transmission Inc., E1255• [10SE]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5154 [14JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5946 [11SE]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, H5814 [8SE]

Medicaid: extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (S. 599), H8178 [16NO]

National Police Week: observance, H2969 [14MY]

NIH: make NIH and Cures Innovation Fund a discretionary spending program, H5070 [10JY]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8937, H8938 [2DE]

Religion: global persecution of Christians, H1637 [16MR]

Rolls-Royce, Inc.: anniversary of Indianapolis, IN, facility, E1582• [3NO]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4475 [17JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5946 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H2780• [1MY], H5653• [29JY], H6255• [25SE]

Westfield, IN: Oak Trace Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1536• [26OC]

Tributes

Ammerman, Matthew R., E34• [8JA]

Bantz, Charles, E806• [1JN]

Boehner, Speaker, H7249 [27OC]

Carroll, Dennis, E1101• [22JY]

Chen, Albert, E1469• [9OC]

Edwards, James L., E205• [12FE]

Harrington, Allen, H1376 [27FE]

Kassig, Abdul-Rahman, H8252 [17NO]

Kiely, Pat, E1103• [22JY]

Laird, Jack, H5814 [8SE]

Lofton, Thomas M., E1099• [22JY]

Mays, William, E121• [27JA]

McClelland, Jim, E406• [25MR]

Rosenthal, Ellen, E1558• [28OC]

Townsend, Wayne, E1148• [28JY]

Umbarger, R. Martin, H2323 [21AP]

Warren, Judy Studebaker, E1034• [10JY]