SCOTT, DAVID (a Representative from Georgia)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H164 [9JA]

Appointments

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, H4133 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

African Americans: recognize difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights (see H. Con. Res. 16), H917 [10FE]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 523), H8415 [19NO]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 518), H8152 [5NO]

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

Angelou, Maya: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 247), H187 [9JA]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 140), H1663 [16MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3254 [15MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5298 [20JY]

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]

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

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 282), H6189 [22SE]

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), H1663 [16MR]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 2289), H2956 [13MY]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H1502 [27FE]

——— 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]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2826), H4652 [24JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H3921 [8JN]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H8861 [1DE]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 685), H755 [3FE]

——— provide a temporary license for certain mortgage loan originators transitioning between bank and nonbank entities (see H.R. 2121), 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]

Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 738), H2772 [30AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H157 [8JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

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), H6076 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 802), H1526 [2MR]

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

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H3565 [21MY]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 523), H2211 [14AP]

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

——— 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]

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

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H187 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H1072 [13FE]

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

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

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

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6706 [29SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H5031 [9JY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H867 [9FE]

——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 2366), H5118 [13JY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H7139 [22OC]

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

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

——— provide for participation of doctors of chiropractic in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 542), H1618 [4MR]

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

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H7139 [22OC]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see H.R. 648), H1618 [4MR]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see H.R. 1344), H4243 [11JN]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 1807), H2420 [22AP]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H3565 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1072 [13FE]

Dept. of HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 1908), H2354 [21AP]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H6893 [7OC]

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

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

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

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), H3921 [8JN]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H7028 [20OC]

——— prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system (see H.R. 3536), H6136 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1663 [16MR]

——— 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), H984 [11FE]

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), H3214 [14MY]

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]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H6261 [25SE]

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

Drugs: exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H2033 [25MR]

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

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1677), H2108 [26MR]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H8860 [1DE]

Families and domestic relations: clarify ability to use consumer reports in certain cases to establish and enforce child support payments (see H.R. 2091), H2652 [29AP]

——— establish a grant program to empower relatives, friends, and coworkers of domestic violence victims to create safety plans (see H.R. 67), H1501 [27FE]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H2031 [25MR]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1222), H1566 [3MR]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H8861 [1DE]

Financial institutions: establish deferred presentment transaction requirements (see H.R. 4018), H9692 [17DE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H2415 [22AP]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2794 [1MY]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see H.R. 1523), H3916 [4JN]

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

——— provide specific credit risk retention requirements to certain qualifying collateralized loan obligations (see H.R. 4166), H9010 [3DE]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H1612 [4MR]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: revise reevaluation procedures for determinations that a nonbank financial company shall be supervised by FRS Board of Governors and shall be subject to prudential standards (see H.R. 4248), H9327 [15DE]

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]

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

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3582 [29MY]

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

Fort Frederica National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3480), H6938 [8OC]

Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office, Pine Lake, GA: designate (see H.R. 3274), H5762 [29JY]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 671), H754 [3FE]

FRS: 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), H2152 [13AP]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H2772 [30AP]

Greensboro, NC: recognize significance of Greensboro Four Woolworth lunch counter sit-in (see H. Res. 128), H1370 [26FE]

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

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H9206 [9DE]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1741), H2152 [13AP]

——— provide for an Institute of Medicine study on health disparities and direct the Dept. of HHS to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities (see H.R. 3285), H5762 [29JY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H980 [11FE]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for qualified physicians to perform a medical certification for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who is a veteran (see H.R. 3739), H6973 [9OC]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H7743 [4NO]

Housing: reform the housing finance system (see H.R. 1491), H1802 [19MR]

Immigration: clarify definition of nonimmigrant under the Visa Waiver Program relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see H.R. 4135), H8645 [30NO]

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

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H7090 [21OC]

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

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 14), H1373 [26FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3290), H7391 [2NO]

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

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H2794 [1MY]

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

Law enforcement officers: classify use of chokeholds as excessive and prohibited use of force (see H.R. 2052), H2496 [28AP]

——— provide for a hearing before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for State criminal charges against an officer whose use of deadly force causes a death (see H.R. 429), H478 [21JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H6837 [6OC]

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

——— provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 1502), H1802 [19MR]

Medicare: allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 3355), H7028 [20OC]

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

——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8242 [16NO]

——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 2759), H6894 [7OC]

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

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H3565 [21MY]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H8241 [16NO]

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

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

——— 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), H4432 [16JN]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9308 [11DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1769 [18MR]

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

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H5776 [29JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H1618 [4MR]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H8361 [18NO]

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

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 887), H981 [11FE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2310 [16AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: 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]

National Credit Union Administration: hold public hearings and receive comments from the public on its budget (see H.R. 2287), H4863 [7JY]

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

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 57), H4541 [18JN]

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

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H1372 [26FE]

NATO: urge member countries to meet or exceed their gross domestic product percentage commitment to defense spending (see H. Res. 469), H8646 [30NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H4593 [23JN]

Nigeria: develop a regional strategy to combat threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H.R. 3833), H8646 [30NO]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H7027 [20OC]

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 1057), H6180 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H5089 [10JY]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H3759 [2JN]

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

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 264), H1071 [13FE]

Pensions: ensure retirement investors receive advice in their best interests (see H.R. 4293), H10710 [18DE]

——— make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see H.R. 4029), H8646 [30NO]

——— modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see H.R. 2844), H8971 [2DE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5031 [9JY]

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

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H3391 [19MY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H6229 [24SE]

Power resources: promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 188), H2112 [26MR]

Privacy: protect financial information of consumers and require notice of security breaches (see H.R. 2205), H3759 [2JN]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H6893 [7OC]

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

——— require States to develop positive school climate and school discipline policies (see H.R. 1435), H1768 [18MR]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3406), H8646 [30NO]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H1069 [13FE]

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), H7175 [23OC]

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), H9271 [10DE]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1502 [27FE]

——— 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), H2959 [13MY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H8646 [30NO]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H916 [10FE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1378), H1661 [16MR]

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

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

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H5943 [10SE]

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), H6180 [18SE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H7254 [27OC]

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]

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

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

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H2821 [8MY]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5776 [29JY]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1549), H1848 [23MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3198), H7347 [29OC]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H4492 [17JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H1116 [24FE]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H5783 [31JY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit certain individuals from possessing a firearm in an airport (see H.R. 2767), H4381 [15JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (see H. Res. 225), H3254 [15MY]

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: 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. 885), H2212 [14AP] (see H.R. 2867), H8242 [16NO]

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

——— disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H5944 [10SE]

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), H3254 [15MY]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to 23d Headquarters Special Troops known as the ‘‘Ghost Army’’ (see H.R. 2170), H3310 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: issue postage stamp in commemoration of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 18), H1114 [24FE]

Government regulations: clarify regulatory treatment of Federal Home Loan Bank products (see H.R. 3453), H5847 [8SE]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (see H.R. 2620), H3757 [2JN]

Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 268), H3252 [15MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Government regulations: clarify regulatory treatment of Federal Home Loan Bank products (H.R. 3453), H5848 [8SE]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), H3758 [2JN]

Remarks

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3936, H3937 [9JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), consideration (H. Res. 288), H3777 [3JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H176 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), H4035 [10JN]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4393 [16JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), H69 [7JA]

Employment: provide apprenticeship programs for African Americans to assist in construction of Keystone XL Pipeline, H176 [9JA]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4393 [16JN], H4521 [18JN]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), H8305 [18NO]

Georgia: tribute to efforts in breast cancer research, E1533• [26OC]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), extend vote reconsideration deadline (H. Res. 315), H4393 [16JN]

Jonesboro, GA: anniversary of Shiloh Baptist Church, E1410• [1OC]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (H.R. 2297), Senate amendments, H9345 [16DE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform, H69 [7JA]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6946 [9OC]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), Senate amendment, H4521 [18JN]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), H4564 [23JN]

Ukraine: provide military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity (H. Res. 162), H1828 [23MR]

WVEE–Radio (Atlanta, GA): anniversary, E1776• [11DE]

Tributes

Armstrong, Emma Harris, E1159• [29JY]

King, B.B., H3314 [19MY]

Nixon, Mandie D.A., E744• [19MY]

Osborne, William, E1525• [23OC]

Sparks, John, E1403• [1OC]

Tudor, James E., E994• [25JN]