BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY see also Corporations

Addresses

Acceptance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: James T. Murphy, E1171 [29JY]

——— Jan Thompson, American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor Memorial Society, S6377 [5AU]

Issuance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: Hikaru Kimura, Mitsubishi Materials Corp., S6378 [5AU], E1171 [29JY]

State of the Union: President Obama, S277–S281 [20JA], H419–H424 [20JA]

Tennessee Nissan Story: Senator Alexander, S2396 [23AP]

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Business Backs Low-Carbon USA: several businesses and environmental organizations, S8225 [1DE], S8479 [8DE]

Amendments

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (S. 2152), S8861, S8863, S8889 [18DE]

Bureau of the Census: extend authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program (H.R. 3116), S7167, S7171 [6OC], H7060 [21OC]

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), H3940, H3948, H3949, H3950, H3951 [9JN]

Consumers: allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites (S. 1359), S4979, S4983 [9JY]

Contracts: prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (S. 2044), S8638, S8639 [14DE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 142), S8610, S8611, S8614 [10DE]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 685), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2169 [14AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2169 [14AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), S110 [8JA], S216 [13JA]

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

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (S. 1109), S6851 [21SE]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3599, H3603, H3604, H3606, H3607, H3608, H3612, H3613 [1JN]

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), H8309, H8310, H8311 [18NO]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H779, H781, H782, H783 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (H. Res. 78), H771 [4FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2386, H2391, H2392, H2393, H2394 [22AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), consideration (H. Res. 212), H2376 [22AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6243, S6244 [3AU], S6300, S6301, S6303, S6304, S6305, S6306, S6307, S6309, S6310, S6311, S6312, S6313, S6315, S6316, S6320, S6321, S6322 [4AU], S6406, S6410, S6411, S6412, S6415, S6416, S6419, S6420, S6421 [5AU], S7305 [19OC], S7333, S7334, S7335, S7336, S7339, S7347, S7353, S7365 [20OC], S7381, S7415, S7416, S7417, S7418, S7419, S7422 [21OC], S7508, S7549 [27OC]

Iran: prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), consideration (H. Res. 449), H6759 [1OC]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7050, S7052 [30SE], H6779 [1OC]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (S. 304), S2487 [28AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441, S6442, S6469 [8SE], S6609 [10SE], S6643, S6644, S6658, S6659 [15SE], S6868, S6869, S6901, S6904 [22SE], S6917, S6942, S6943, S6945, S6946 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5174 [16JY], S5215, S5216, S5217, S5322 [21JY], S5468, S5469, S5470, S5471, S5472, S5473 [22JY], S5538, S5539, S5540, S5541, S5542, S5544, S5545, S5546, S5548, S5549, S5550, S5552, S5553, S5554, S5555, S5556 [23JY], S5566, S5671, S5683, S5686, S5687, S5688, S5689, S5690, S5691, S5692, S5693, S5694, S5696, S5699 [24JY], S5715, S5716, S5717, S5718, S5719, S5720, S5721, S5722, S5723, S5724, S5725, S5726, S5727, S5728, S5734, S5735, S5736, S5738, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5742, S5845, S5847, S5848, S5849, S5850, S5851, S5852, S5857, S5858, S5860, S5861, S5869, S5870, S5871, S5872, S5873, S5874, S5875, S5876, S5877, S5878, S5880, S5885, S5886, S5887, S5891, S5892 [26JY], S5922, S5933, S5934, S6039, S6042 [27JY], S6079 [28JY], S6194, S6205 [30JY], H7418, H7517, H7579, H7580, H7581, H7582, H7583, H7584, H7585, H7586, H7587, H7590, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595, H7597, H7598, H7599, H7600, H7601, H7602, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7606, H7607, H7608, H7614, H7615, H7616, H7617, H7618, H7619, H7620 [3NO], H7654, H7655, H7656, H7657, H7658, H7659, H7661, H7663, H7664, H7666, H7668, H7670, H7671, H7672, H7673, H7674, H7675, H7677, H7678, H7680, H7681, H7682, H7684, H7685, H7692, H7694, H7695, H7697, H7699, H7701, H7703, H7705, H7707, H7708, H7710, H7719, H7721, H7722, H7723, H7725, H7726, H7728, H7730, H7732, H7737 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8981 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7410 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7649 [4NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H119 [8JA]

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), H8894, H8919, H8923, H8924, H8925, H8926, H8927, H8928, H8929, H8930, H8931, H8932, H8934, H8935, H8936, H8937, H8938, H8940, H8942, H8943, H8953, H8954, H8956, H8957, H8959, H8960, H8961, H8963, H8964 [2DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 539), H8663 [1DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 542), H8882 [2DE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), S3340, S3342, S3344, S3345, S3346, S3358, S3359, S3371 [31MY], S3408, S3409, S3410 [1JN]

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

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (H. Res. 27), H246 [13JA]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7241 [27OC]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (H. Res. 491), H7207 [27OC]

Space policy: facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), S7933 [10NO], H3521, H3524, H3525, H3526, H3527, H3528 [21MY], H8185 [16NO]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), consideration (H. Res. 273), H3408 [20MY]

——— promote competitiveness of U.S. commercial space sector (S. 1297), S6323 [4AU]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S2870 [13MY], S2943, S2946 [14MY], H4271, H4295 [12JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration (H. Res. 101), H999 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 560), H9284 [11DE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (H. Res. 101), H999 [12FE]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3426, H3445, H3446, H3447, H3449, H3450, H3451, H3452, H3454, H3455, H3456, H3458, H3459 [20MY]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 1599), S5474 [22JY]

Analyses

Dept. of Defense-Funded Contracts Under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold: USASpending.gov (Internet site), H3204 [14MY]

Who Benefits From Tax Expenditures? Committee on Finance (Senate), S1886 [25MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, S4608 [24JN]

Articles and editorials

Aggregate Demand and State-Level Employment (2013), H263 [13JA]

American Flatbread Turns 30, Throws Community Party, S3451 [2JN]

Big Brother Takes a Hit—The Courts Give an Assist To Repealing Intrusions Into the Privacy of Everyone, S2774 [12MY]

Boeing Helped Craft Own Loan Rule, H7708 [4NO]

Case for Legislative Impact Accounting Economics 21, S4072 [11JN]

Coal Not Coming Back, Appalachian Power President Says, S7713 [3NO]

Cyber Defense Bill, at Last—Data Sharing Can Improve Security and Consumer Privacy, S7500 [27OC]

Don’t Buy the Trade Deal Alarmism, S3034 [19MY]

‘Fast Track’ to Nowhere—Congress Shouldn’t Give Obama Power To Ram Through TPP, S2738 [7MY]

GOP in Denial on Climate Change (excerpt), S1600 [18MR]

Green Tech Solution, S8225 [1DE]

High Price of Blowing the Whistle on EPA (excerpt), H5311 [21JY]

How a Two-Tier Economy Is Reshaping the U.S. Marketplace, S751 [4FE]

How the Internet of Things Is Improving Transportation and Logistics, H7595 [3NO]

Impeding the Fight Against Terror—U.S. Appeals-Court Ruling on Surveillance Will Have Damaging Consequences if Obama Doesn’t Appeal, S2825 [13MY]

Inside the World of Danforth Pewter, S8789 [17DE]

Intelligence Reform Bill Is Important to Safeguarding Our Security and Privacy, S3012 [19MY]

It’s Bold, but Legal—How Campaigns and Their Super PAC Backers Work Together, S5460 [22JY]

Jake Burton, Snowboard King, Sets Multiple Goals for His Workout, S735 [3FE]

Jimmy Carter—The U.S. Is an ‘‘Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery’’, S6257 [4AU]

Kicking Dodd-Frank in the Teeth, H346 [13JA]

Leaked Trade Deal Terms Prompt Fears for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, H4658 [25JN]

Legendary Investor Richard Rainwater Dies—Master Deal Maker Helped Turn Bass Brothers of Texas Into Billionaires, E1373 [28SE]

List of Examples of Federal Overregulation Is Way Too Long, S5906 [27JY]

Lobbyists Declare Victory After Visa Reform Measure Dies Quietly, S8754 [17DE]

Mapping IoT Into Today’s Urban Transportation Systems, H7596 [3NO]

Mobile-Home Trap—How a Warren Buffett Empire Preys on the Poor, H2179–H2181 [14AP]

Mount Snow To Make Major Improvements, S1888 [25MR]

New Rules for the National Security Agency, S2775 [12MY]

Obama Says Keystone XL Is for Exporting Oil Outside the U.S., Experts Disagree, S229 [16JA]

Obama’s Claim That Keystone XL Crude Would Go ‘Everywhere Else’ but the U.S., S229 [16JA]

Obama’s Corporate Tax Raid Would Sack the Elderly (excerpt), H749 [3FE]

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

Patriot Act Calls for Compromise in Congress—Proposal on NSA and Phone Records Would Go a Long Way Toward Rebalancing Security and Liberty, S2775 [12MY]

Paying for Ethanol at the Pump and on the Plate, S3101 [20MY]

Reality Check on Coal, Future, S7713 [3NO]

Report Cites Forced Labor in Malaysia’s Electronics Industry, S2375 [23AP]

Republicans Make Dubious Claims in Defense of NSA Surveillance, S2752 [11MY]

Revelations of N.S.A. Spying Cost U.S. Tech Companies, S3159, S3160 [20MY]

Russia Blamed, U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses, E42 [9JA]

Senate Should Take a Crucial First Step on Cybersecurity, S7500 [27OC]

Seventh Generation—‘Bursting at the Seams’, S6645 [15SE]

Small Businesses Bear Burden of Ex-Im Bank Shutdown, H5615 [29JY]

Snowden Blindfold Act, S2708 [7MY]

USA Freedom Act—A Smaller Big Brother, S2775 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see S. 1933), S6296 [4AU] (see S. 2152), S7219 [7OC]

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

——— increase number of acres on which producers are authorized to grow fruits and vegetables without a resulting reduction in payment acres when the resulting produce is used to help alleviate a food desert (see H.R. 3076), H5236 [15JY]

——— prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 687), H755 [3FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 1562), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2903), H4769 [25JN]

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

Antitrust policy: make antitrust laws applicable to professional sports leagues that use, or promote or allow member teams or franchisees to use, the term ‘‘Redskins’’ or the term ‘‘Redskin’’ (see H.R. 3487), H5942 [10SE]

——— provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 1634), S4298 [18JN]

——— restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 494), H531 [22JA] (see H.R. 2462), H3505 [20MY]

Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize and establish a High-Speed Broadband Development Initiative (see S. 863), S1891 [25MR]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (see H.R. 331), H358 [13JA]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (see S. 1649), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2859), H4591 [23JN]

Armed Forces: make invalid and unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements relative to controversies arising under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and preserve rights to bring class actions (see S. 2331), S8160 [19NO]

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

——— require consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and preserve rights of members to bring class actions (see H.R. 4161), H8970 [2DE]

Aviation: limit checked baggage fees imposed on passengers of air carriers (see H.R. 3149), H5401 [22JY]

——— require air carriers to modify certain policies relative to use of epinephrine for in-flight emergencies (see S. 1972), S6380 [5AU]

Bankruptcy: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (see H.R. 2947), H4861 [7JY]

——— improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 1156), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 97), H39 [6JA]

——— provide for the liquidation, reorganization, or recapitalization of a covered financial corporation (see S. 1840, 1841), S5455 [22JY]

BLS: require determination of the prevailing wage utilized under the Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 924), H1033 [12FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (see S. 2307), S8159 [19NO]

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

——— clarify that Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 548), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1050), H1114 [24FE]

——— clarify that Securities Investor Protection Corp., funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 549), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1049), H1114 [24FE]

——— clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act is not subject to the sequester (see S. 550), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1048), H1114 [24FE]

Bureau of the Census: extend authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program (see S. 1868), S5928 [27JY] (see H.R. 3116), H5297 [20JY]

Buy American Act: amend relative to certain waivers and domestic content percentage requirements and provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements (see S. 2167), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3670), H6787 [1OC]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 94), S1247 [3MR]

Cargo transportation: establish national policies and programs to strengthen freight-related infrastructure (see H.R. 198), H103 [7JA]

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

CFTC: align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (see H.R. 1954), H2416 [22AP]

——— provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see S. 1111), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2041), H2495 [28AP]

——— 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]

——— 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 (see H. Res. 288), H3756 [2JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (see S. 876), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 1317), H1613 [4MR]

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), H1768 [18MR]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 1563), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2734), H4241 [11JN]

China: call for economic sanctions against Chinese businesses and state-owned enterprises that are linked to cyberattacks against U.S. entities (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6178 [18SE]

——— impose duties on imported merchandise in an amount equivalent to estimated annual loss of revenue from violations of U.S. intellectual property rights (see H.R. 2701), H4001 [9JN]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 1027), H1113 [24FE]

——— protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 1971), H2417 [22AP]

Coal: direct Federal investment in carbon capture and storage and other clean coal technologies (see S. 601), S1161 [26FE]

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

Coast Guard: strengthen authority to prevent and respond to the threat of damage from pollution of the sea by crude oil from oil drilling in foreign countries (see S. 1999), S6381 [5AU]

Colleges and universities: establish a mechanism to allow borrowers of Federal student loans to refinance their loans and extend tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to interest payments on certain loans (see H.R. 4102), H8410 [19NO]

——— prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (see S. 1122), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2079), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide a legal framework necessary for income share agreements for students to fund postsecondary education (see H.R. 3432), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 2186), S7345 [20OC]

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

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

——— support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 2222), S7655 [29OC] (see H.R. 3862), H7346 [29OC]

Coltsville National Historical Park: facilitate addition of park administration (see H.R. 2857), H4591 [23JN]

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses (see S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Computers: protect cyber privacy (see H.R. 104), H39 [6JA]

Conservation of energy: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see S. 1038), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 504), H531 [22JA]

——— encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (see H.R. 1867), H2306 [16AP]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see S. 128), S100 [8JA] (see S. 535), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 873), H980 [11FE] (see H.R. 1273), H1610 [4MR] (see H.R. 1802), H2268 [15AP]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 720), S1439 [11MR] (see H.R. 2177), H2769 [30AP]

Construction industries: improve manner of awarding Federal contracts, prohibit use of reverse auctions for services procurements, and improve payment protections to Federal contractors and suppliers (see S. 1526), S3860 [8JN]

Consumers: allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites (see S. 1359), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 3154), H5402 [22JY]

——— enhance consumer rights relative to consumer report disputes by requiring provision of documentation provided by consumers (see S. 1234), S2688 [6MY]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 1438), S3238 [21MY]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (see S. 26), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 479), H530 [22JA]

——— ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 21), S11 [6JA]

——— prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (see S. 2044), S6699 [16SE] (see H.R. 2110), H2653 [29AP]

——— provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 104), S59 [7JA]

——— repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1483), H1802 [19MR]

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

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see S. 134), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 525), H581 [26JA]

Copyrights: provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H2151 [13AP]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see S.J. Res. 7), S772 [4FE] (see H.J. Res. 23), H480 [21JA]

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

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see S.J. Res. 4), S348 [21JA]

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate political contributions and expenditures (see H.J. Res. 48), H2498 [28AP]

——— establish criminal penalties for corporate officers failing to inform and warn of serious dangers posed by corporate actions or products (see S. 2140), S7160 [6OC]

Correctional institutions: eliminate private prisons, reinstate Federal parole system, increase oversight of companies providing inmate services, and end detention quotas and improve monitoring relative to immigrants (see S. 2054), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 3543), H6136 [17SE]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H4591 [23JN]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 1133), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2087), H2652 [29AP]

——— modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 757), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 1627), H2033 [25MR]

——— provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see S. 1890), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3326), H5764 [29JY]

——— restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 2336), H3212 [14MY]

CPSC: improve requirements for imitation firearms (see S. 213), S347 [21JA]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 142), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 1375), H1661 [16MR] (see H.R. 3242), H5588 [28JY]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see S. 2355), S8378 [3DE] (see H.R. 3035), H5116 [13JY] (see H.R. 4172), H9011 [3DE]

——— clarify that points and fees in connection with a mortgage loan do not include certain compensation amounts already taken into account in setting the interest rate on such loan (see H.R. 3393), H5767 [29JY]

——— enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 1847), S5526 [23JY]

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

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 685), consideration (see H. Res. 189), H2151 [13AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 682), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 650), H703 [2FE]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), consideration (see H. Res. 189), H2151 [13AP]

——— prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see S. 1330), S2850 [13MY] (see H.R. 2309), H2957 [13MY]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1981), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 3524), H6074 [16SE]

——— 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), H1565 [3MR]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), consideration (see H. Res. 529), H8279 [17NO]

——— provide a temporary license for certain mortgage loan originators transitioning between bank and nonbank entities (see H.R. 2121), H2654 [29AP]

——— provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 1113), H1368 [26FE]

——— require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 4182), H9011 [3DE]

——— require prompt response of a lender or servicer of homes in foreclosure to short sale offers to purchase such homes (see H.R. 3203), H5466 [23JY]

——— revoke Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charters, temporarily create a Mortgage Finance Agency to secure mortgages until the transition to privatization, and protect against another housing collapse (see S. 495), S982 [12FE]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H1369 [26FE]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see S. 572), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

Cruise Travel Professional Month: designate (see H. Res. 455), H6788 [1OC]

Cuba: allow the financing by U.S. persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba (see S. 1049), S2352 [22AP]

——— authorize export of energy resources, energy technologies, and related services to Cuba (see H.R. 3306), H5763 [29JY]

——— authorize U.S. companies to provide consumer communications devices and services to Cuba (see S. 1389), S3060 [19MY] (see H.R. 3055), H5171 [14JY]

——— facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 635), H702 [2FE]

——— modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 3687), H6835 [6OC]

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 3472), H5941 [10SE]

——— repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 1785), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 987), H1068 [13FE]

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

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

——— repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see H.R. 3845), H7331 [28OC]

Dept. of Commerce: assess and analyze the outdoor recreation economy of the U.S. (see S. 2219), S7655 [29OC]

——— authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative (see H.R. 1007), H1069 [13FE]

——— authorize appropriations to establish public-private partnerships under the International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator Program (see S. 1570), S4104 [11JN] (see H.R. 2729), H4241 [11JN]

——— enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see S. 1524), S3860 [8JN] (see H.R. 985), H1068 [13FE]

——— establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see S. 1263), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 1175), H1499 [27FE]

——— rename Office of Space Commercialization to Office of Space Commerce (see H.R. 2263), H2876 [12MY]

——— undertake certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and resiliency (see S. 1935), S6296 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: reform acquisition system (see H.R. 1597), H2031 [25MR]

——— require report on certain equipment purchased from foreign entities that could be manufactured in U.S. arsenals and depots (see H.R. 2055), H2496 [28AP]

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

——— amend 21st Century Learning Centers to strengthen afterschool programs to improve college and career readiness of students (see S. 899), S2110 [13AP]

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

——— ensure student data handled by private companies is protected (see S. 1322), S2849 [13MY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (see S. 1609), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 3346), H5765 [29JY]

——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 2224), H2792 [1MY]

——— improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and require executives and owners to assume liability relative to for-profit colleges (see S. 2098), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3992), H8152 [5NO]

——— improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (see H.R. 3790), H7089 [21OC]

——— increase participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and industry (see S. 1183), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 840), H916 [10FE]

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

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing (see H.R. 645), H702 [2FE]

——— require higher education institutions to provide students with information from BLS Occupational Employment Statistics Program and Occupational Outlook Handbook (see H.R. 1573), H1899 [24MR]

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

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see S. 1664), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 3988), H8152 [5NO] (see H.R. 4054), H8280 [17NO]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 565), H639 [27JA]

Dept. of Energy: add certain medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program (see S. 1449), S3238 [21MY]

——— assess capability to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at departmental sites (see S. 1363), S2971 [18MY]

——— assess impact on the public interest prior to approval of additional permits to export natural gas (see S. 585), S1161 [26FE]

——— authorize Energy Frontier Research Centers (see H.R. 1872), H2307 [16AP]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (see S. 494), S982 [12FE]

——— collect information on critical energy supplies and establish a Working Group on Energy Markets (see S. 1420), S3237 [21MY]

——— conduct a study on energy savings benefits of operational efficiency programs and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, and governmental entities (see S. 1342), S2933 [14MY]

——— develop a national smart manufacturing plan and provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs (see S. 1054), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 3266), H5589 [28JY]

——— enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and expand knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science (see H.R. 4084), H8410 [19NO]

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

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

——— establish pilot competitive grant program for development of a skilled energy workforce (see S. 1304), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 3386), H5767 [29JY]

——— improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, and facilitate public-private partnerships (see S. 1187), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 1158), H1498 [27FE]

——— improve technology transfer by reducing bureaucratic barriers to industry, entrepreneurs, and small businesses and increase public-private partnerships in research and development (see S. 2287), S8020 [17NO]

——— provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (see S. 33), S11 [6JA]

——— recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1785), H2209 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see S. 2172), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3727), H6936 [8OC]

——— publish revised Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver study design guidance for manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic devices (see H.R. 2443), H3387 [19MY]

——— require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (see S. 821), S1660 [19MR]

——— require certain health insurance premium increase information be disclosed to Congress (see H.R. 2696), H4001 [9JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify objectives of Presidential policy directive to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience (see H.R. 85), H39 [6JA]

——— establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 82), H38 [6JA] (see H.R. 998), H1068 [13FE]

——— implement integrity measures to strengthen EB–5 regional center program in order to promote and reform foreign capital investment and job creation (see S. 2415), S8793 [17DE]

——— improve and permit recovery of costs incurred for preclearance operations activities in foreign countries and at foreign airports (see S. 2430), S8883 [18DE]

——— prohibit land border crossing fees (see H.R. 1394), H1721 [17MR]

——— prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from contracting with private detention companies that require a minimum number of immigration detention beds (see H.R. 2808), H4491 [17JN]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities (see S. 1015), S2272 [20AP] (see S. 1269), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 1907, 1916), H2354 [21AP]

——— require terrorism threat assessment relative to transportation of chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological materials (see H.R. 3350), H5765 [29JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (see H.R. 3098), H5290 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: create and maintain a public database of administrative, civil, and criminal actions against corporate entities (see H.R. 102), H39 [6JA]

——— provide greater discretion in issuing firearms licenses and authorize greater scrutiny of firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had several crime guns traced back to them (see H.R. 3853), H7332 [28OC]

——— require electronic communication service providers that generate call detail records provide notification if the provider intends to retain such records less than the time recommended to conduct investigations (see S. 2356), S8379 [3DE]

Dept. of Labor: award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (see H.R. 3919), H7741 [4NO]

——— create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (see S. 2263), S7912 [10NO] (see H.R. 3286), H5762 [29JY]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 2601), H3641 [1JN]

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

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

——— establish America Star program to recognize companies that make American-made products and incentivize companies to implement better workforce support, hiring practices, conditions, and compensation (see S. 938), S2173 [14AP]

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

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1069 [13FE]

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

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

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

——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see S. 2001), S6381 [5AU] (see H.R. 188), H103 [7JA]

——— prohibit employers from requiring grocery store employees to enter into covenants not to compete (see H.R. 4254), H9327 [15DE]

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

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

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

——— conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales off the coast of Virginia (see H.R. 1840), H2305 [16AP]

——— establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida (see S. 1171), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2276, 2279), H2877 [12MY]

——— establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see S. 1280), S2759 [11MY]

——— improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (see S. 1891), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3303), H5763 [29JY]

——— permanently prohibit conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean (see S. 1042), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1977), H2417 [22AP]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1952), H2416 [22AP]

——— prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price (see S. 1310), S2794 [12MY]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 2155), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 3927), H7741 [4NO]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New Jersey (see H.R. 569), H639 [27JA]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 1895), H2318 [20AP]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (see S. 59), S58 [7JA]

——— retire coal preference right lease applications for which an affirmative commercial quantities determination has been made (see H.R. 1820), H2269 [15AP]

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

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 26), H36 [6JA]

——— impose certain requirements relative to transmittals of country-by-country reports for purposes of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan (see H.R. 4297), H10710 [18DE]

——— require a report on whether Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist entity (see H.R. 3693), H6835 [6OC]

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

——— create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see S. 1454), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 1120), H1369 [26FE]

——— enhance rail safety and provide for safe transport of hazardous materials (see S. 1114), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2074), H2497 [28AP]

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

——— establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries (see S. 1467), S3310 [22MY]

——— establish port performance freight statistics program (see S. 1298), S2794 [12MY]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (see H.R. 1694), H2109 [26MR]

——— improve cruise passenger security and safety (see S. 1673), S4602 [24JN]

——— prohibit subsidiaries of foreign owned corporations from obtaining contracts for the performance of passenger and baggage security screening at domestic commercial airports (see H.R. 3415), H5768 [29JY]

——— require auto dealers to fix outstanding safety recalls before selling or leasing used passenger motor vehicles (see S. 900), S2110 [13AP]

——— require regulated pipelines be made of steel produced in the U.S. and originating from iron ore and taconite mined and processed in the U.S. (see H.R. 3385), H5767 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program entering into partnership agreements with non-Federal entities for construction of major medical facility projects (see H.R. 4129), H8644 [30NO]

——— enhance treatment of small businesses owned by veterans after the death of disabled veteran owners for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (see S. 296), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 1313), H1612 [4MR]

——— establish credentialing requirements for medical vendors (see H.R. 3422), H5768 [29JY]

——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (see H.R. 1382), H1661 [16MR]

——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 1015), H1084 [20FE]

——— study feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to improve veterans access to medical facilities in densely populated and rural communities (see H.R. 4125), H8411 [19NO]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 4170), H9010 [3DE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: promote exploration for geothermal resources (see S. 562), S1118 [25FE]

——— require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2401), H3309 [18MY]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 2227), H2792 [1MY]

——— provide a criminal penalty for launching unmanned aircraft (drones) that interfere with fighting wildfires affecting Federal property or responding to disasters affecting interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2156), S7219 [7OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see S. 1858), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3185), H5465 [23JY]

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

Domestic policy: express that a Contract With America should restore American competitiveness (see H. Res. 22), H104 [7JA]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H532 [22JA]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see S. 683), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1538), H1847 [23MR]

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

Economic Development Administration: terminate (see H.R. 661), H703 [2FE]

Economy: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (see H.R. 625), H667 [30JA]

——— express that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to U.S. businesses (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5769 [29JY]

——— increase competitiveness of American manufacturing by reducing regulatory and other burdens, encouraging greater innovation and investment, and developing a stronger workforce (see H.R. 3682), H6792 [2OC]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 181), S238 [16JA] (see H.R. 962), H1066 [13FE]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1624), S4298 [18JN]

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

——— report on the role of incubators and accelerators in commercialization of federally funded research and regional economic development (see H.R. 3983), H8151 [5NO]

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

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

——— improve knowledge about the best practices for teaching financial literacy (see S. 781), S1628 [18MR]

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

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

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

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 38), H1721 [17MR]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 497), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 932), H1033 [12FE]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 233), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

——— 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 S. 1772), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3071), H5236 [15JY]

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

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

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 2180), S7272 [8OC]

——— ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1896), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3427), H5768 [29JY]

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

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 1032), S2301 [21AP]

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

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1498 [27FE]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see S. 777), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1450), H1769 [18MR]

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

——— prohibit employers from requiring low-wage workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into such covenants (see S. 1504), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2873), H4650 [24JN]

——— promote public and private partnerships to increase training programs, tax incentives, and industry and State apprenticeships (see H. Res. 286), H3641 [1JN]

——— provide certain workplace protections to interns relative to discriminatory practices (see H.R. 2034), H2474 [27AP]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (see S. 803), S1660 [19MR]

——— provide that an employee’s regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating overtime will not be affected by additional payments or bonuses (see H.R. 1981), H2462 [23AP]

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

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3811), H7138 [22OC]

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (see S. 1564), S4103 [11JN]

EPA: allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land (see H.R. 3271), H5589 [28JY]

——— amend the renewable fuel program to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production (see S. 934), S2173 [14AP]

——— clarify and confirm authority to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site (see S. 54), S57 [7JA] (see S. 234), S420 [22JA]

——— clarify definition of accidental release under the Clean Air Act (see S. 88), S58 [7JA]

——— disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see S.J. Res. 25), S8021 [17NO] (see H.J. Res. 74), H8411 [19NO]

——— establish programs to encourage water efficiency (see H.R. 3720), H6935 [8OC]

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (see S. 640), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1327), H1613 [4MR]

——— implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (see S. 1914), S6187 [30JY] (see H.R. 3434), H5782 [31JY]

——— prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 3626), H6306 [28SE]

——— promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (see S. 1425), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 2557), H3560 [21MY]

——— provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings (see H.R. 3056), H5171 [14JY]

——— remove authority to retroactively disapprove permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters that have been issued by the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 1203), H1525 [2MR]

——— require manufacturers or importers of asbestos-containing products to report such products and establish a public database of such products (see S. 700), S1384 [10MR] (see H.R. 2030), H2474 [27AP]

——— revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (see H.R. 175), H42 [6JA]

European Union: oppose interpretive notice on labeling Israeli products and goods manufactured in certain areas, as such actions undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see H. Res. 567), H9375 [16DE]

Eximbank: abolish (see H.R. 1605), H2031 [25MR]

——— reauthorize (see S. 824), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 1031), H1113 [24FE]

——— reauthorize and reform (see S. 819), S1660 [19MR] (see S. 2183), S7304 [19OC] (see H.R. 3611), H6259 [25SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (see H. Res. 450), H6749 [30SE]

——— reform (see H.R. 3847), H7331 [28OC]

FAA: establish an interim rule for the operation of small unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes and their safe integration into the national airspace system (see S. 1314), S2849 [13MY]

——— prohibit operation of commercial aircraft not complying with certain noise levels (see H.R. 4171), H9011 [3DE]

——— protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous operation of consumer drones (see S. 1608), S4298 [18JN]

——— transfer air traffic control functions to a newly created private corporation, transfer personnel to such corporation, and establish an employee stock ownership plan for such personnel (see H.R. 1835), H2305 [16AP]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: make technical corrections relative to rollover of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy (see S. 1646), S4544 [23JN] (see H.R. 2865), H4592 [23JN]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 1622), H2033 [25MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2764), H4343 [12JN]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see S. 1302), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 2260), H2876 [12MY]

FCC: commence proceedings relative to resiliency of critical telecommunications networks during times of emergency (see H.R. 3998), H8239 [16NO]

——— disapprove rule regulating broadband Internet access (see S.J. Res. 14), S2473 [28AP]

——— disapprove rule relative to protecting and promoting the open Internet (see H.J. Res. 42), H2153 [13AP]

——— exempt application of joint sales agreement (JSA) attribution rule in case of existing agreements in order to protect local television broadcasting (see S. 1182), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 3148), H5330 [21JY]

——— exempt broadband Internet access service providers from Federal universal service contributions (see H.R. 1712), H2110 [26MR]

——— limit authority over providers of broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 279), H224 [12JA]

——— limit authority to preempt laws of certain States relative to regulation of municipal broadband (see S. 597), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1106), H1368 [26FE]

——— prevent caller identification spoofing (see S. 1759), S5061 [14JY]

——— prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones (see S. 2235), S7771 [4NO]

——— prohibit from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 2666), H3914 [4JN]

——— 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]

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

——— promote certain unlicensed spectrum use and maximize the use of such spectrum for shared purposes in order to bolster innovation and economic development (see S. 424), S899 [10FE] (see H.R. 821), H915 [10FE]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see S. 40), S57 [7JA] (see H.R. 196), H103 [7JA]

——— promulgate rules in an open proceeding relative to updating its competitive bidding rules (see H.R. 1506), H1803 [19MR]

——— provide incentives for reallocation of Federal Government spectrum for commercial use (see S. 887), S2041 [26MR] (see H.R. 1641), H2107 [26MR]

——— require mobile service providers and smartphone manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from smartphones and render such devices inoperable (see S. 1076), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2024), H2464 [23AP]

——— restore authority to adopt certain rules relating to preserving the open Internet and take all actions necessary to restore to effect vacated portions of such rules (see H.R. 1409), H1721 [17MR]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see S. 1260), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 2125), H2767 [30AP]

FDA: allow the sponsor of an application for the approval of a targeted drug to rely upon data and information with respect to such sponsor’s previously approved targeted drugs (see S. 2030), S6651 [15SE]

——— amend process for incorporation of medical device performance standards established by a nationally or internationally recognized standard organization (see H.R. 2425), H3387 [19MY]

——— amend the advisory committee process relative to regulatory approval of medical devices (see H.R. 2427), H3387 [19MY]

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

——— award grants for studying the process of continuous drug manufacturing (see H.R. 2444), H3388 [19MY]

——— create a limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial drugs (see S. 185), S238 [16JA]

——— define types of valid scientific evidence appropriate for determining effectiveness of medical devices (see H.R. 2423), H3387 [19MY]

——— ease regulatory burden relative to certain class I and class II medical devices (see H.R. 2426), H3387 [19MY]

——— ease regulatory burden relative to certain medical devices (see S. 1622), S4298 [18JN]

——— ensure eligible product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and licensed biological products to enable development and testing of new products (see H.R. 2841), H4541 [18JN]

——— ensure valid generic drugs may enter the market (see S. 131), S100 [8JA]

——— establish a third-party quality system assessment program for medical devices (see S. 2187), S7413 [21OC] (see H.R. 2422), H3387 [19MY]

——— establish new procedures and requirements for registration of cosmetic manufacturing establishments, submission of cosmetic and ingredient statements, and reporting of serious cosmetic adverse events (see H.R. 4075), H8360 [18NO]

——— exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 1078), H1163 [25FE]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for certain new drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications (see H.R. 1353), H1635 [13MR]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (see S. 1421), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 971), H1067 [13FE]

——— extend the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program (see S. 1878), S6073 [28JY]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H2496 [28AP]

——— improve training and oversight of employees involved in implementing the least burdensome appropriate means concept relative to regulatory approval of medical devices (see H.R. 2424), H3387 [19MY]

——— incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs (see H.R. 2335), H3212 [14MY]

——— increase number of individuals allowed to use certain medical devices under the humanitarian device exemption (see S. 2188), S7413 [21OC] (see H.R. 2428), H3387 [19MY]

——— permit the sale of, and access to, ‘‘research use only’’ products in diagnostic tests (see H.R. 298), H357 [13JA]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (see S. 1109), S2472 [28AP] (see H.R. 2648), H3912 [4JN]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see S. 858), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 1629), H2033 [25MR]

——— include subcontracting goals for small business concerns in the responsibilities of certain members of a Federal agency responsible for acquisition (see H.R. 1386), H1720 [17MR]

——— prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 975), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1809), H2268 [15AP]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 1760), H2152 [13AP]

——— require a notice and comment process for interpretative rules if there is a change to a previously issued rule (see S. 1487), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2631), H3877 [3JN]

——— require certain financial regulators to determine whether new regulations or orders are duplicative or inconsistent with existing Federal regulations (see H.R. 3705), H6892 [7OC]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see S. 1116), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2044), H2496 [28AP]

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

Federal employees: prevent conflicts of interest by prohibiting bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, and address associations between financial regulators and former clients or employers (see S. 1779), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3065), H5235 [15JY]

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

——— provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 1144), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2113), H2653 [29AP]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 1699), H2109 [26MR]

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

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

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

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

FERC: modify certain requirements relative to trial-type hearings for certain license applications (see S. 1236), S2688 [6MY]

——— prohibit public disclosure of protected electric security information (see H.R. 2402), H3309 [18MY]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 1206), S2687 [6MY] (see H.R. 2600), H3641 [1JN]

——— advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2028), S6605 [10SE]

——— allow mutual capital certificates to satisfy capital requirements for mutual depositories (see H.R. 1661), H2108 [26MR]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1726), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 2076), H2497 [28AP]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 812), S1660 [19MR]

——— establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 726), S1494 [12MR]

——— exclude certain debt securities of collateralized loan obligations from the prohibition against acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or private equity fund (see H.R. 1841), H2305 [16AP]

——— exempt certain non-financial companies and smaller banking entities from Volcker Rule prohibiting banking entities from proprietary trading and restricting relationships with certain covered funds (see H.R. 4049), H8280 [17NO]

——— expand the purposes of advances and collateral available to community development financial institutions (see H.R. 1355), H1635 [13MR]

——— improve accountability and transparency in the financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, and provide sensible relief to financial institutions (see S. 1484), S3456 [2JN]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 774), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1941), H2415 [22AP]

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H1720 [17MR]

——— limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see S. 1709), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 3054), H5171 [14JY]

——— permit certain investment advisers to share a similar name with a private equity fund, subject to certain restrictions (see H.R. 4096), H8410 [19NO]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 423), S899 [10FE] (see H.R. 601), H661 [28JA]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H1609 [4MR]

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

——— require certain systemically important entities to account for financial benefits received due to the expectation that the Government will shield them from losses in the event of failure (see H.R. 888), H981 [11FE]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H4769 [25JN]

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

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 232), H2654 [29AP]

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

Financial Stability Oversight Council: require voting members to testify before Congress at least twice each year or allow Members of Congress to attend any Council meetings (see H.R. 4210), H9269 [10DE]

——— 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]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1263), H1610 [4MR]

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), H1565 [3MR]

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

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2380), H3252 [15MY]

——— extend period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System before being allowed to transfer a firearm (see H.R. 3375), H5766 [29JY]

——— prevent illegal sale by improving tracking data and extending the time background check records are maintained (see H.R. 3395), H5767 [29JY]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1499 [27FE]

——— prohibit the sale, manufacture, distribution, import, or electronic marketing or advertising of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks and assault weapon or machinegun parts kits (see H.R. 376), H405 [14JA]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 407), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 752), H852 [5FE]

——— require every firearms seller to conduct background checks before selling a gun and prove the purchase was approved by the National Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 2871), H4650 [24JN]

——— require licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers to provide a secure gun storage or safety device with the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm (see H.R. 47), H37 [6JA]

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

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

——— terminate Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services (see S. 477), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 1413), H1721 [17MR]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see S. 1351), S2933 [14MY] (see H.R. 2246), H2820 [8MY]

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

——— ensure Federal and State collaboration in developing fishing access restrictions where Federal and State waters overlap (see H.R. 3310), H5764 [29JY]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1068 [13FE]

——— make authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fisheries permanent (see S. 1143), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2168), H2768 [30AP]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 1335), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (see H. Res. 274), H3386 [19MY]

——— strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see S. 1334), S2850 [13MY] (see H.R. 774), H854 [5FE]

——— support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see H.R. 2106), H2653 [29AP]

——— transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H5290 [16JY]

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]

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

Floods: clarify that any private flood insurance policy accepted by a State shall satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement (see S. 1679), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2901), H4769 [25JN]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (see S. Res. 166), S2599 [4MY] (see H. Res. 245), H2792 [1MY]

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act: repeal certain provisions relative to reporting on foreign assets and investments (see S. 663), S1303 [4MR]

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (see S. 461), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 875), H980 [11FE]

——— create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (see H.R. 1103), H1368 [26FE]

——— enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 2587), H3641 [1JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (see S. 995), S2245 [16AP] (see H.R. 1890), H2315 [17AP]

——— facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see S. 891), S2041 [26MR]

——— improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 2523), H3559 [21MY]

——— improve trade promotion policies and programs (see H.R. 2586), H3641 [1JN]

——— recognize importance of completing trade agreements with Pacific Rim countries and the European Union to the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 73), H703 [2FE]

——— require certifications by prospective Government contractors that they are not boycotting a country with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement (see H.R. 1572), H1899 [24MR]

——— require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3304), H5763 [29JY]

——— require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include requirements relative to paying adequate wages and maintaining sustainable production methods (see S. 735), S1495 [12MR]

——— require the administering authority to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate upon request if four or fewer exporters or producers are involved in the investigation or review (see S. 1702), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2945), H4771 [25JN]

——— require the President take the necessary steps to create a more balanced trading relationship with countries where the trade deficit has exceeded a certain limit (see H.R. 1403), H1721 [17MR]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 132), S100 [8JA]

Franchising: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and business relationships (see H.R. 3196), H5466 [23JY]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (see S. 1565), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2979), H4955 [8JY]

——— apply the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1265), H1610 [4MR]

——— carry out certain requirements before making any new determination relative to supervision of non-bank financial entities (see H.R. 3857), H7346 [29OC]

——— eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 1804), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— increase threshold at which regulated depository institutions are subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau direct examination and reporting requirements (see S. 482), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 4099), H8410 [19NO]

——— 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]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), consideration (see H. Res. 526), H8239 [16NO]

——— provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains on them (see S. 96), S58 [7JA]

——— reform by amending Board of Governors staffing policies and settlement voting guidelines (see S. 1248), S2730 [7MY]

——— reform by limiting emergency lending authority and closing loopholes allowing megabanks to engage in unrestricted commodities activities (see S. 1320), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2625), H3877 [3JN]

——— 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), H1610 [4MR]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau establishment of a qualified mortgage option for certain loans eligible for purchase by Federal Home Loan Banks (see S. 1974), S6380 [5AU]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers (see H.R. 1262), H1610 [4MR]

FTC: establish regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals and improve laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children (see S. 547), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1053), H1114 [24FE]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see S. 2102), S7046 [30SE] (see H.R. 2745), H4342 [12JN]

——— prescribe regulations on collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see S. 2404), S8684 [15DE]

——— prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H3388 [19MY]

——— prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to prices of products and services sold online (see S. 2413), S8793 [17DE]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 827), H915 [10FE]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see S. 1668), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 707), H810 [4FE]

GAO: develop and submit a report on the current state of the skills gap that includes an analysis of the effectiveness of efforts to close the skills gap and recommendations to improve such efforts (see S. 1920), S6296 [4AU]

Government: prohibit agencies and contractors from requesting criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 2021), S6604 [10SE] (see H.R. 3470), H5941 [10SE]

Government regulations: ensure access to certain information for financial services industry regulators (see S. 372), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 1480), H1802 [19MR]

——— ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on financial institutions (see S. 881), S2041 [26MR]

——— provide a temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers from certain auditor attestation requirements (see H.R. 4139), H8859 [1DE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see S. 189), S283 [20JA] (see H.R. 50), H37 [6JA]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (see H. Res. 78), H754 [3FE]

GPO: prohibit assembly or manufacture of secure credentials or their component parts (see H.R. 3767), H7026 [20OC]

Health: enhance patient engagement in medical product development process (see S. 1597), S4250 [17JN]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H5764 [29JY]

——— preserve freedom and choice in health care (see S. 1016), S2272 [20AP]

——— preserve rights of employers and employees to maintain insurance coverage through association health plans (see H. Res. 397), H5769 [29JY]

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

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

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (see S. 320), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 744), H812 [4FE]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see S. 2178), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3161), H5402 [22JY]

Helium: promote a greater domestic supply, establish a Federal leasing program for public land, and secure a supply for national defense and Federal researchers (see S. 1226), S2688 [6MY]

House Rules: require Members to post on their official public websites information on official travel taken for which reimbursement was provided by a private source (see H. Res. 441), H6260 [25SE]

Housing: ensure housing finance reform by prohibiting an increase in the guarantee fee to offset other spending and the sale of preferred shares of Government-sponsored enterprises (see S. 2038), S6699 [16SE]

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

Human rights: require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (see S. 1968), S6380 [5AU] (see H.R. 3226), H5523 [27JY]

——— require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual audit of their supply chains to verify that their supply chains are free of child and forced labor (see H.R. 2385), H3252 [15MY]

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

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (see H.R. 2181), H2769 [30AP]

——— allow labor organizations and management organizations to receive the results of visa petitions about which such organizations submitted advisory opinions (see H.R. 3636), H6704 [29SE]

——— establish an H-2B work visa program for temporary non-agricultural workers (see S. 2225), S7675 [30OC]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see H.R. 3987), H8151 [5NO]

——— extend and improve EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see S. 1501), S3678 [3JN]

——— improve the H–1B visa program and repeal the diversity visa lottery program (see S. 2394), S8602 [10DE]

——— increase the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants and reauthorize the EB–5 regional center program (see S. 2122), S7102 [1OC]

——— make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 2758), H4343 [12JN]

——— modify the H-2B nonimmigrant visa program to make it easier for employers to meet season labor demands (see H.R. 3918), H7741 [4NO]

——— permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (see H.R. 1834), H2305 [16AP]

——— protect U.S. jobs by reducing number of visas available under H–1B nonimmigrant worker visa program and prioritize allocation of such visas based on salary (see S. 2365), S8494 [8DE]

——— provide visas to entrepreneurs who establish businesses and create jobs and reauthorize and extend certain other visa programs (see H.R. 3370), H5766 [29JY]

——— reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S. (see S. 2266), S7912 [10NO]

——— reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see H.R. 616), H662 [28JA]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 2588), H3641 [1JN]

——— simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 1805), H2268 [15AP]

Information technology: accelerate adoption of smart building technologies in the private sector and key Federal agencies (see S. 1046), S2352 [22AP] (see H.R. 2564), H3561 [21MY]

——— apply first sale doctrine to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate (see H.R. 862), H980 [11FE]

——— develop strategy on development and deployment of the Internet of Things to maximize promise of connected technologies and promote economic growth and consumer empowerment (see S. Res. 110), S1781 [24MR] (see H. Res. 195), H2153 [13AP]

——— identify and document best practices for cyber hygiene to improve computer network security (see H.R. 3664), H6787 [1OC]

——— limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2270), S7912 [10NO]

Insurance: allow individuals to opt out of minimum required health benefits by permitting insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans that offer alternative benefits to the benefits otherwise required (see H.R. 1348), H1626 [10MR]

——— clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (see S. 1561), S4103 [11JN]

——— clarify rules on nondiscriminatory employer wellness programs as they relate to premium discounts, rebates, or modifications to otherwise applicable cost sharing under group health plans (see S. 620), S1217 [2MR] (see H.R. 1189), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish FRS Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues and study and report on international insurance activities and their impact (see S. 1086), S2431 [27AP]

——— exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 775), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 1423), H1767 [18MR]

——— expand types of commercial insurance authorized for risk retention groups serving nonprofit organizations and educational institutions (see H.R. 3794), H7089 [21OC]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see S. 1661), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 815), H866 [9FE]

——— prohibit anti-competitive activities and provide that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers are subject to U.S. antitrust laws (see H.R. 99), H39 [6JA]

——— 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 S. 1697), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2911), H4769 [25JN]

——— provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see S. 798), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 1478), H1802 [19MR]

——— require consultation with Congress, insurers, and consumers relative to domestic and international insurance standards, regulations, or frameworks (see H.R. 2141), H2767 [30AP]

——— require insurers that consider marital status in rating or underwriting a policy to consider the proposed insured to be married if he or she is legally married under the laws of any State (see H.R. 2851), H4591 [23JN]

——— restore to States the freedom and flexibility to regulate health insurance markets (see H.R. 1234), H1609 [4MR]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (see S. 456), S926 [11FE] (see S. 754), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 1560), H1898 [24MR]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), consideration (see H. Res. 212), H2353 [21AP]

International trade: promote (see S. 2201), S7470 [22OC]

Internet: combat trade barriers that threaten maintenance of an open, global Internet or mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market access, and promote free flow of information (see H.R. 1307), H1612 [4MR]

Internet Governance Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S833 [5FE]

Interns: protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 3232), H5587 [28JY]

Interstate commerce: prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 1199), H1525 [2MR]

Investments: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

——— allow a credit against income tax for equity investments by angel investors (see S. 973), S2244 [16AP]

——— protect investors in futures contracts (see H.R. 1163), H1499 [27FE]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

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

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

——— impose sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity, establish a watch list for such entities, and support State or local divestment from such entities (see H.R. 4258), H9328 [15DE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see S. 2086), S6975 [28SE] (see H.R. 3457), H5865 [9SE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), consideration (see H. Res. 449), H6748 [30SE]

——— provide more effective sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity to counter support for international terrorism and assistance to the Assad regime in Syria (see H.R. 4312), H10710 [18DE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see S. Con. Res. 26), S8241 [1DE] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H8859 [1DE]

——— 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 S. 868), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 3338), H5765 [29JY]

Iron and steel industry: temporarily prohibit importation of certain iron and steel articles (see H.R. 4130), H8645 [30NO]

IRS: enhance taxpayer rights through enhanced accountability, privacy protections, rights to appeal, tax system reform, and improved disclosure policies (see S. 1578), S4202 [16JN]

——— increase the dollar limitation on the de minimis safe harbor from treatment as a capital expenditure for taxpayers without applicable financial statements (see H.R. 3318), H5764 [29JY]

——— issue prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 2252), S7814 [5NO]

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

Israel: oppose politically motivated boycotts, divestments, or sanctions and support State legislatures’ efforts to enact measures to oppose such acts (see H. Res. 402), H5770 [29JY]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see S. 619), S1217 [2MR] (see H.R. 825), H915 [10FE]

ITC: develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties (see S. 260), S541 [27JA]

——— establish a process for consideration of temporary duty suspensions (see S. 998), S2245 [16AP]

Labor unions: address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs occurring at U.S. ports (see S. 1519), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 3433), H5782 [31JY]

——— clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 62), S58 [7JA]

——— deter labor slowdowns at U.S. ports (see S. 1630), S4298 [18JN]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 391), S832 [5FE] (see S. 1874), S6073 [28JY] (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 3222), H5523 [27JY]

——— provide for mandatory appointment of a board of inquiry into slowdowns, strikes, or lock-outs when certain specified events occur (see H.R. 3932), H8149 [5NO]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 1377), S3059 [19MY]

Lobbyists: prohibit current Members of Congress, and increase restrictions on congressional staff, from becoming lobbyists, ban lobbyists from joining congressional staff, and improve disclosure requirements (see S. 1959), S6380 [5AU]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 4), S1075 [24FE] (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Manufacturing: provide tax credits to unemployed individuals who obtain manufacturing job training and employers who provide such training and establish a Presidential Manufacturing Job Training Award (see H.R. 4157), H8970 [2DE]

Marathon County, WI: exempt certain highways from vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles (see H.R. 3778), H7088 [21OC]

Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 332), S8547 [9DE]

Medicare: exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see S. 506), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 696), H756 [3FE]

——— facilitate increased coordination and alignment between public and private sector relative to quality and efficiency measures (see S. 1427), S3237 [21MY]

——— 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), H9079 [8DE]

——— repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (see H.R. 943), H1034 [12FE]

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

——— 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 S. 148), S151 [12JA] (see H.R. 284), H224 [12JA]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to determine covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4207), H9205 [9DE]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 31), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 3061), H5172 [14JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments for durable medical equipment (see S. 2312), S8160 [19NO]

Mexico: promote economic partnership and cooperation with the U.S., particularly in areas of academic exchange, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure integration (see H.R. 2060), H2497 [28AP]

Minimum wage: increase (see S. 1832), S5455 [22JY] (see H.R. 3164), H5402 [22JY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see S. 1150), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (see H.R. 2575), H3577 [26MY] (see H.R. 2617), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 122), H40 [6JA]

——— stop a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa and provide that any future increases shall be determined by the government of American Samoa (see H.R. 2574), H3577 [26MY]

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see S. 1145), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 1926), H2415 [22AP]

——— modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 2254), S7814 [5NO]

——— modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 963), H1066 [13FE]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 1714), S4686 [7JY]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (see S. 304), S653 [29JA]

——— establish a regulatory structure to facilitate production of custom cars and specialty vehicles by small volume vehicle manufacturers (see H.R. 2675), H3914 [4JN]

——— establish tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards, improve tire registration, and help consumers identify recalled tires (see S. 1741), S4953 [9JY]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 1173), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2198), H2791 [1MY]

——— reduce fuel economy obligations of automobile manufacturers whose fleets contain a certain percentage of fuel choice enabling vehicles (see H.R. 2418), H3387 [19MY]

——— require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2526), H3559 [21MY]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S6809 [17SE] (see H. Res. 433), H6188 [22SE]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (see S. Res. 225), S5210 [21JY] (see H. Res. 276), H3388 [19MY]

National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 335), S8684 [15DE]

National Be Active at Work Day: designate (see H. Res. 18), H104 [7JA]

National Construction Equipment Museum: tribute (see H. Res. 59), H662 [28JA]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 989), H1068 [13FE]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 547), H8971 [2DE]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see S. Res. 314), S8021 [17NO] (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

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

National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1746), H2152 [13AP]

National Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Res. 446), H6306 [28SE]

National security: authorize access to certain records, make permanent certain authorities on roving surveillance, individual terrorists, and foreign surveillance, and modify access requirements for telecommunications records (see S. 2344), S8306 [2DE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 172), S2688 [6MY] (see H. Res. 246), H2792 [1MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: provide for certain requirements relative to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition (see S. 1551), S4103 [11JN]

——— reallocate Federal Government spectrum for commercial use and provide transparency on use of the Federal spectrum (see S. 1618), S4298 [18JN]

National Travel and Tourism Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 170), S2688 [6MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 295), S7470 [22OC]

National Women’s Small Business Month: designate (see S. Res. 280), S7219 [7OC]

Native Americans: enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower communities, increase coordination and collaboration between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities (see S. 1579), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 3477), H5941 [10SE]

——— restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see S. 1457), S3309 [22MY] (see H.R. 2684), H3914 [4JN]

New Jersey: exclude from prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling to the extent approved by the State legislature (see H.R. 457), H480 [21JA]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

NIST: provide for a competitive grant program for apprenticeship and internship programs through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 2000), H2463 [23AP]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S6533 [9SE] (see H.R. 3459), H5865 [9SE]

——— establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see S. 2142), S7160 [6OC] (see H.R. 3690), H6835 [6OC]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2084), S6974 [28SE] (see H.R. 1893), H2315 [17AP]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 507), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 1003), H1069 [13FE]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see S. 288), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 4022), H8240 [16NO]

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 801), S1660 [19MR]

——— strengthen current protections by providing a private right of action for certain alleged unfair labor practices by an employer (see H.R. 3837), H7253 [27OC]

——— 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 S. 2042), S6699 [16SE] (see H.R. 3514), H6074 [16SE]

NOAA: limit maritime liens on fishing licenses (see H.R. 337), H358 [13JA]

——— promote sustainable conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them (see S. 1403), S3183 [20MY]

——— provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 1277), H1611 [4MR]

NRC: provide certain requirements for the licensing of commercial nuclear facilities (see H.R. 1972), H2417 [22AP]

——— retain safety-related fines and distribute those amounts to counties to maintain radiological preparedness plans required in connection with the nuclear facility from which the fines were collected (see H.R. 1973), H2417 [22AP]

NSF: implement Sustainable Chemistry Program (see S. 1447), S3238 [21MY]

Occupational safety and health: allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty (see H.R. 1932), H2415 [22AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see S. 1112), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2090), H2652 [29AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 234), H155 [8JA]

——— conduct study on use of contractors for intelligence activities (see H.R. 55, 65), H38 [6JA]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: make the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center permanent and create a Chief Manufacturing Negotiator (see S. 758), S1585 [17MR]

OMB: consider Brunswick County, NC, to be part of the same statistical area as Wilmington, NC (see S. 1157), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2183), H2769 [30AP]

——— oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects (see S. 280), S589 [28JA]

OPM: establish a national health plan to offer Federal employee health benefit plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 138), H40 [6JA]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H3558 [21MY]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1035 [12FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable (see S. 1402), S3183 [20MY]

Patents: amend laws to promote basic research, stimulate publication of scientific documents, encourage collaboration in scientific endeavors, and improve transfer of technology to the private sector (see S. 926), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1791), H2209 [14AP]

——— eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see S. 1137), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 9), H852 [5FE]

——— provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see S. 560), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 1057), H1162 [25FE]

——— strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (see S. 632), S1246 [3MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 12), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 61), H5466 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 546), H8970 [2DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 507), H7389 [2NO] (see H. Res. 512), H7622 [3NO]

——— allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H6973 [9OC]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 158), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 1664), H2108 [26MR]

——— clarify that anti-kickback laws apply to qualified health plans, federally-facilitated marketplaces, and other plans and programs (see S. 97), S59 [7JA]

——— enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment (see S. 1653), S4544 [23JN]

——— ensure long-term unemployed individuals are not taken into account for purposes of the employer health care coverage mandate (see S. 38), S57 [7JA] (see H.R. 440), H479 [21JA]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H1720 [17MR]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 432), S900 [10FE]

——— exempt insurance plans in States that do not have exchanges from certain regulations (see H.R. 2819), H4541 [18JN]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 392), H5769 [29JY]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see S. 359), S771 [4FE] (see H.R. 724), H811 [4FE]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1415), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 2881), H4650 [24JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), consideration (see H. Res. 19), H103 [7JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2033 [25MR]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options (see S. 531), S1031 [23FE]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see S. 123), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 221), H155 [8JA]

——— provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market (see S. 1099), S2431 [27AP]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 347), S736 [3FE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 183), S238 [16JA] (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and ensure resulting revenue loss is offset (see S. 2075), S6938 [24SE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 3112), H5291 [16JY]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H981 [11FE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 305), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 248), H187 [9JA]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2307 [16AP]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 157), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 117), H39 (see H.R. 143), H40 [6JA]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see S. 1809), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 863), H980 [11FE]

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

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 2147), S7219 [7OC] (see H.R. 4029), H8279 [17NO]

——— modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 1631), S4298 [18JN] (see H.R. 2844), H4546 [19JN]

——— permit multiemployer plans in critical status to modify plan rules relative to withdrawal liability (see H.R. 458), H480 [21JA]

——— provide for a gender equality-focused investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2432), H3387 [19MY]

Petroleum: impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H2109 [26MR]

——— modify certain penalties to deter oil spills (see S. 1311), S2794 [12MY]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see S. 1906), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 3618), H6260 [25SE] (see H.R. 3678), H6787 [1OC]

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

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 2019), S6533 [9SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit the Federal Government from contracting with entities that donate or match employee donations (see H.R. 3245), H5588 [28JY]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of certain coordinated political action committee expenditures as contributions to candidates (see S. 1838), S5455 [22JY]

——— constitutional amendments to overturn Citizens United v. FEC to reduce the influence of money and corporations and Buckley v. Valeo to limit expenditures by candidates and others in support of elections (see H. Res. 311), H4343 [12JN]

——— prohibit criminal corporations from making disbursements of funds in connection with campaigns for Federal, State, or local office (see H.R. 450), H479 [21JA]

——— prohibit entities from using Federal funds to contribute to political campaigns or participate in lobbying activities (see H.R. 3916), H7624 [3NO]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 229), S348 [21JA] (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]

——— reduce the influence of money and corporations and promote the participation of the people in politics and government (see H. Res. 298), H3914 [4JN]

——— reduce the influence of money through congressional regulation of contributions and expenditures and public disclosure of all contributions (see H. Res. 326), H4542 [18JN]

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

——— require disclosure to shareholders of any expenditure made by companies in support of or in opposition to any candidate for Federal, State, or local public office (see H.R. 418), H430 [20JA]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see S. 214), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 446), H479 [21JA]

Postal Service: conduct a pilot program to conduct nonpostal services at certain post offices, allow shipping of alcoholic beverages, and upgrade the postal vehicle fleet (see S. 1854), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3319), H5764 [29JY]

——— ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H43 [6JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H224 [12JA]

——— improve, sustain, and transform (see S. 2051), S6809 [17SE]

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

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see S. 822), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 1719), H2110 [26MR]

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

——— facilitate the free market for distributed energy resources (see S. 1213), S2688 [6MY] (see S. 2003), S6434 [6AU]

——— free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers (see S. 791), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1487), H1802 [19MR]

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

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (see H.R. 8), H6074 [16SE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 539), H8644 [30NO] (see H. Res. 542), H8859 [1DE]

——— promote a strong national energy policy that supports the innovative and hard-working men and women in the oil and gas industry who have led the charge in a U.S. energy revolution (see H. Res. 243), H2792 [1MY]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4162), H8970 [2DE]

——— provide regulatory relief to alternative fuel producers and consumers (see S. 889), S2041 [26MR] (see H.R. 1944), H2416 [22AP]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 1663), H2108 [26MR]

Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: establish (see H.R. 275), H224 [12JA]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H2798 [5MY]

——— permit telecommunications and Internet service providers to publicly estimate the number of Federal data requests they receive and the number of individuals targeted for data collection orders (see H.R. 689), H755 [3FE]

——— prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1158), S2567 [30AP] (see H.R. 2977), H4955 [8JY]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (see S. 1123), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2048), H2496 [28AP]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), consideration (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

——— prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 2277), H2877 [12MY]

——— protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and require notice of security breaches (see S. 961), S2220 [15AP]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see S. 177), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 580), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1704), H2110 [26MR]

——— protect financial information of consumers and require notice of security breaches (see H.R. 2205), H2791 [1MY]

——— require certain entities that collect and maintain personal information of individuals to secure such information and to provide notice in the case of a breach of security involving such information (see H.R. 1770), H2208 [14AP] (see H.R. 4187), H9079 [8DE]

——— require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information (see S. 668), S1303 [4MR]

——— require notification of information security breaches and enhance penalties for cyber criminals (see S. 1027), S2300 [21AP]

——— require operators that provide online and similar services to educational agencies or institutions to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (see S. 1788), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 2092), H2652 [29AP]

Product safety: require businesses to warn employees, consumers, and the appropriate Federal officials of any product or service that poses serious danger to the public (see H.R. 96), H39 [6JA]

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

Public buildings: establish a pilot program in certain agencies for the use of public-private agreements to enhance the efficiency of Federal real property (see H.R. 3809), H7137 [22OC]

——— reduce costs of Federal real estate and improve building security (see H.R. 2322), H3211 [14MY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1084), S2400 [23AP]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see S. 2031), S6651 [15SE] (see H.R. 1992), H2463 [23AP]

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

Railroads: improve safety of hazardous materials rail transportation (see S. 1175), S2568 [30AP]

Real estate: prohibit certain financial benefits for referrals of business to title insurance companies and improve judicial relief for certain violations (see H.R. 1799), H2268 [15AP]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see S. 708), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1407), H1721 [17MR]

Research: establish a working group to review regulations and make recommendations to improve efficiency of Federal research and development (see H.R. 1119), H1369 [26FE]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 134), H40 [6JA]

Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (see H. Res. 313), H4343 [12JN]

SBA: allow petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns (see H.R. 1429), H1768 [18MR]

——— amend funding levels for certain general business loans and modify loan limitations (see H.R. 3191), H5466 [23JY]

——— anniversary of Small Business Development Center network (see S. Res. 243), S6381 [5AU]

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

——— clarify responsibilities of Commercial Market Representatives (see H.R. 4198), H9205 [9DE]

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

——— establish authorization levels for general business loans (see S. 1001), S2245 [16AP]

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

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

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (see S. 1857), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 2670), H3914 [4JN]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 1266), S2759 [11MY]

——— extend and expand State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3912), H7624 [3NO]

——— improve the Microloan Program (see S. 1445), S3238 [21MY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see S. 957), S2220 [15AP] (see H.R. 2499), H3558 [21MY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5330 [21JY]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see S. 1859), S5526 [23JY] (see H.R. 3175), H5465 [23JY]

——— issue regulations providing examples of a failure to comply in good faith with requirements of prime contractors relative to subcontracting plans (see H.R. 4284), H9690 [17DE]

——— make information relative to lenders making covered loans publicly available (see S. 967), S2221 [15AP]

——— provide grants for university business incubators (see H.R. 3990), H8152 [5NO]

——— treat certain qualified disaster areas as HUBZones and extend the period for HUBZone treatment for certain defense base closure areas (see S. 1292), S2794 [12MY]

Science: support innovation (see S. 894), S2041 [26MR] (see H.R. 3959), H8150 [5NO]

SEC: allow the owning of certain securities by, change capital structure requirements of, and revise certain rules relative to business development companies (see H.R. 3868), H7389 [2NO]

——— carry out a pilot program to examine maker-taker pricing (see H.R. 1216), H1565 [3MR]

——— clarify definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law as not applying to events like demo days (see S. 978), S2244 [16AP]

——— enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (see S. 1730), S4953 [9JY]

——— exempt certain transactions involving purchases by credited investors from Securities Act (see H.R. 1839), H2305 [16AP]

——— exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 686), H755 [3FE]

——— exempt issuers with certain total market capitalization from auditor attestation requirements for internal control assessments (see H.R. 3891), H7623 [3NO]

——— exempt smaller public companies from requirements relating to the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language for periodic reporting (see H.R. 1912), H2354 [21AP] (see H.R. 1965), H2417 [22AP]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (see S. 1960), S6380 [5AU]

——— improve form 10-K and regulation S-K (see H.R. 1525), H1847 [23MR]

——— increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to compensatory benefit plans (see S. 576), S1161 [26FE]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (see H.R. 37), H37 [6JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (see H. Res. 27), H223 [12JA]

——— permit private persons to seek legal or equitable remedies in a civil action instead of an administrative proceeding (see H.R. 3798), H7137 [22OC]

——— prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 1098), H1368 [26FE]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H1164 [25FE]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (see H. Res. 491), H7188 [26OC]

——— provide a safe harbor relative to certain investment fund research reports (see H.R. 2356), H3251 [15MY]

——— provide for a notice-filing registration procedure for brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller companies and provide appropriate regulation of such transfers (see S. 1010), S2272 [20AP]

——— provide smaller public companies with access to capital-raising advantages by eliminating excessive filing requirements and expediting stock registration (see H.R. 2357), H3251 [15MY]

——— refund or credit excess payments made to the Commission (see H.R. 1975), H2417 [22AP]

——— repeal a certain reporting requirement (see H.R. 3032), H5088 [10JY]

——— repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (see S. 1722), S4841 [8JY] (see H.R. 414), H430 [20JA]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (see S. 2410), S8793 [17DE]

——— require that repurchase-to-maturity transactions be treated as secured borrowing (see H.R. 1165), H1499 [27FE]

——— review all significant regulations to determine whether such regulations are necessary in the public interest or whether such regulations should be amended or rescinded (see H.R. 2354), H3251 [15MY]

——— review the annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (see H.R. 4168), H9010 [3DE]

——— revise regulations relative to the qualifications of natural persons as accredited investors (see H.R. 2187), H2769 [30AP]

——— revise rules to increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to compensatory benefit plans (see H.R. 1675), H2108 [26MR]

Securities: amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (see H.R. 1659), H2108 [26MR] (see H.R. 2064), H2497 [28AP]

——— clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see S. 702), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1625), H2033 [25MR]

——— determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see S. 67), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 1982), H2462 [23AP]

——— prohibit trading on material inside information (see H.R. 1097), H1368 [26FE] (see H.R. 1173), H1499 [27FE]

——— provide for a report that develops recommended U.S. energy security valuation methods (see H.R. 3923), H7741 [4NO]

Securities and Derivatives Commission: establish (see H.R. 1167), H1499 [27FE]

Senior citizens: provide training for financial services personnel to identify potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens and liability protection for such individuals who disclose such examples (see S. 2216), S7594 [28OC]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): strengthen entrepreneurial resources (see S. 1000), S2245 [16AP]

Ships and vessels: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see H.R. 3142), H5330 [21JY]

——— promote the recycling of vessels (see S. 1511), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2876), H4650 [24JN]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 273), H223 [12JA]

——— improve coordination of export promotion programs and facilitate export opportunities (see S. 25), S11 [6JA]

——— permit small business concerns to elect to be exempt from certain Federal rules and regulations (see H.R. 116), H39 [6JA]

——— strengthen small business industrial base (see H.R. 1481), H1802 [19MR]

Small Business Saturday: observance (see S. Res. 304), S7722 [3NO]

Social Security: enhance benefits and ensure long-term solvency (see S. 731), S1494 [12MR]

——— exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1716), H2110 [26MR]

——— require applicable manufacturers to include information on payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in certain transparency reports (see S. 2153), S7219 [7OC]

Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 103), S1629 [18MR] (see H. Res. 157), H1769 [18MR]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers (see H.R. 1457), H1801 [19MR]

Space policy: facilitate continued development of commercial remote sensing industry and protect national security (see H.R. 2261), H2876 [12MY]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (see H.R. 2262), H2876 [12MY]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), consideration (see H. Res. 273), H3386 [19MY]

——— improve transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles (see S. 592), S1161 [26FE]

——— promote competitiveness of U.S. commercial space sector (see S. 1297), S2794 [12MY]

——— promote development of a U.S. commercial space resource exploration and utilization industry and increase the exploration and utilization of resources in outer space (see S. 976), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1508), H1803 [19MR]

Sports: decrease the frequency of sports blackouts (see S. 2414), S8793 [17DE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

——— prevent disability fraud (see S. 1929), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 2359), H3251 [15MY]

States: ensure methods of collecting taxes and fees by private citizens on behalf of States are fair and effective and do not discriminate against interstate commerce for wireless telecommunication services (see S. 1261), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 1087), H1164 [25FE]

——— grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4382 [15JN]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (see S. 15), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 1647), H2107 [26MR]

Surface Transportation Board: expand competition, restore balance to regulatory environment, and improve efficiency and reliability of rail shipping and transportation (see S. 853), S1781 [24MR]

——— prohibit long-term storage of rail cars on certain railroad tracks without approval of the rail carrier’s rail car storage plan (see S. 443), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 844), H916 [10FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 141), S2272 [20AP]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see S. 489), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 978), H1067 [13FE]

——— provide for a deferral of payment of duty upon the sale of certain used yachts (see H.R. 4065), H8360 [18NO]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for equity investments by angel investors (see S. 973), S2244 [16AP]

——— allow a credit against income tax for equity investments in research intensive small business concerns (see H.R. 256), H188 [9JA]

——— allow a credit against tax for clinical testing expenses for qualified infectious disease drugs and rapid diagnostic tests to address the rising public health challenge of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3539), H6136 [17SE]

——— allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (see H.R. 255), H188 [9JA]

——— allow a credit for manufacturing job training expenses (see H.R. 1970), H2417 [22AP]

——— allow a credit for providing programs to kindergarten, elementary, and secondary students that promote economic and financial literacy (see H.R. 1801), H2268 [15AP]

——— allow a temporary dividends received deduction for repatriated foreign earnings (see H.R. 2225), H2792 [1MY]

——— allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (see S. 397), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 788), H854 [5FE]

——— allow allocation of certain renewable energy tax credits to Indian tribes (see S. 1749), S5008 [13JY] (see H.R. 3043), H5117 [13JY]

——— allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see S. 987), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1855), H2306 [16AP]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see S. 574), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 1781), H2209 [14AP] (see H.R. 3088), H5290 [16JY] (see H.R. 3435), H5782 [31JY] (see H.R. 3993), H8152 [5NO]

——— allow employers an income tax credit as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students (see H.R. 3362), H5766 [29JY]

——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 2608), H3757 [2JN]

——— allow qualified scholarship funding corporations to access tax-exempt financing for alternative private student loans (see H.R. 3822), H7174 [23OC]

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (see H.R. 2409), H3386 [19MY]

——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3003), H5029 [9JY]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 841), H916 [10FE]

——— clarify treatment of banks organized as limited liability companies (see H.R. 3287), H5762 [29JY]

——— constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 20), H224 [12JA]

——— deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances into navigable waters (see H.R. 3760), H6980 [16OC]

——— deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations (see S. 413), S858 [9FE]

——— deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to those not authorized to work in the U.S. and terminate use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the taxpayer ID number application process (see H.R. 192), H103 [7JA]

——— disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see S. 169), S201 [13JA]

——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 948), S2220 [15AP]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 698), S1384 [10MR]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 2963), H4954 [8JY]

——— encourage hiring unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3574), H6178 [18SE]

——— encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 4067), H8360 [18NO]

——— end deferral of foreign source income of U.S. companies, close certain foreign tax credit loopholes, and prevent U.S. tax avoidance (see S. 922), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1790), H2209 [14AP]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 959), S2220 [15AP] (see S. 2020), S6533 [9SE]

——— establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 4039), H8279 [17NO]

——— establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans who have served overseas (see H.R. 3950), H8150 [5NO]

——— establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see S. 1262), S2730 [7MY]

——— exclude certain employer-provided student loan assistance from Federal income tax (see H.R. 1713), H2110 [26MR]

——— exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 547), H638 [27JA]

——— exempt aircraft management services from excise taxes imposed on transportation by air (see S. 2092), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3608), H6227 [24SE]

——— exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised (see S. 909), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 3732), H6973 [9OC]

——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see S. 1179), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 867), H980 [11FE]

——— expand and make permanent rules relative to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds and business development companies (see H.R. 2115), H2653 [29AP]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 379), S832 [5FE] (see H.R. 762), H853 [5FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S2688 [6MY] (see H.R. 2096), H2653 [29AP]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1127), S2529 [29AP] (see H.R. 620), H662 [28JA] (see H.R. 2103), H2653 [29AP]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see S. 245), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 506), H531 [22JA]

——— expand workplace health incentives by equalizing tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 2296), S8079 [18NO]

——— extend and reform biodiesel tax incentives (see S. 2353), S8378 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1946), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 1808), H2268 [15AP]

——— extend employer wage credit for activated military reservists (see S. 641), S1246 [3MR]

——— extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2400), S8636 [14DE] (see H.R. 2783), H4382 [15JN]

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 4016), H8240 [16NO]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 1430), H1768 [18MR]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 1656), S4601 [24JN] (see H.R. 2883), H4650 [24JN]

——— extend qualified zone academy bonds and reduce the private business contribution requirement relative to such bonds (see H.R. 3703), H6892 [7OC]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H3386 [19MY]

——— extend the 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold improvements, qualified restaurant buildings and improvements, and qualified retail improvements (see H.R. 2164), H2768 [30AP]

——— extend the employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2160), H2768 [30AP]

——— extend the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 2161), H2768 [30AP]

——— extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 3861), H7346 [29OC]

——— extend the health coverage tax credit (see S. 505), S983 [12FE]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see H.R. 1046), H1113 [24FE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit and allow small employers a credit for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4178), H9011 [3DE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see S. 1517), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2265), H2876 [12MY]

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (see S. 384), S832 [5FE] (see H.R. 4220), H9269 [10DE]

——— impose a retail tax on carryout bags (see H.R. 3977), H8151 [5NO]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market volatility (see H.R. 1464), H1801 [19MR]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity, and reduce market volatility (see S. 1371), S3059 [19MY]

——— incentivize companies to repatriate foreign earnings held overseas and dedicate tax revenues from such repatriation to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 981), S2244 [16AP]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for certain small insurance companies (see S. 905), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1788), H2209 [14AP]

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

——— increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 537), S1074 [24FE]

——— increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 446), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 2703), H4001 [9JN]

——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 254), H188 [9JA]

——— increase excise tax and special occupational tax relative to firearms and increase transfer tax on any other weapon (see H.R. 4214), H9269 [10DE]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 215), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 750), H852 [5FE] (see H.R. 1720), H2110 [26MR]

——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H3559 [21MY]

——— increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 2771), H4381 [15JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 386), S832 [5FE] (see H.R. 2315), H3211 [14MY]

——— limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 1305), H1612 [4MR]

——— limit interest deduction for excessive interest of members of financial reporting groups (see H.R. 3934), H8149 [5NO]

——— lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 2946), H4771 [25JN]

——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1792), S5170 [16JY]

——— make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (see H.R. 1852), H2306 [16AP]

——— make permanent certain rules regarding basis adjustments to stock of S corporations making charitable contributions of property (see H.R. 630), H667 [30JA]

——— make permanent certain small business tax provisions (see S. 341), S736 [3FE]

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

——— make permanent the dividends received deduction for repatriated foreign earnings (see H.R. 3083), H5236 [15JY]

——— make permanent the expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property (see H.R. 3933), H8149 [5NO]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 431), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 235), H187 [9JA]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 1905), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 629), H667 [30JA]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2754), H4343 [12JN]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and allow the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted veterans (see H.R. 145), H41 [6JA]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and allow an exemption from an employer’s employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit (see H.R. 1803), H2268 [15AP]

——— make the maximum capital gains rate for individuals 15 percent (see H.R. 3017), H5029 [9JY]

——— make total bonus depreciation permanent (see H.R. 3213), H5466 [23JY]

——— modify and extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions (see H.R. 2562), H3561 [21MY]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see S. 1660), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 2510), H3558 [21MY]

——— modify and permanently extend qualified zone academy bonds to facilitate school renovation and construction and treat such bonds as specified tax credit bonds (see S. 1753), S5008 [13JY] (see H.R. 3046), H5117 [13JY]

——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds (see H.R. 2890), H4768 [25JN]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (see S. 266), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 557), H638 [27JA]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see S. 1516), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2657), H3913 [4JN]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 990), H1068 [13FE]

——— modify rules for tax-exempt enterprise zone facility bonds and extend tax incentives for empowerment zones (see S. 408), S833 [5FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 198), S283 [20JA] (see H.R. 415), H430 [20JA]

——— modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (see S. 324), S673 [30JA]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (see H.R. 2789), H4431 [16JN]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see S. Con. Res. 1), S59 [7JA] (see H. Con. Res. 89), H7346 [29OC]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 930), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 644), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration (see H. Res. 101), H915 [10FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 560), H9269 [10DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 305), H4134 [10JN]

——— permanently extend and increase expensing limitations (see S. 1399), S3183 [20MY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 636), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (see H. Res. 101), H915 [10FE]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 394), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 765), H853 [5FE]

——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 947), S2220 [15AP]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H1035 [12FE]

——— permanently increase limitations on deduction for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 4068), H8360 [18NO]

——— permit Indian tribal governments to be shareholders in S corporations (see H.R. 2626), H3877 [3JN]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2353 [21AP]

——— prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property (see S. 2117), S7102 [1OC] (see H.R. 3663), H6787 [1OC]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see S. 851), S1781 [24MR] (see H.R. 1643), H2107 [26MR]

——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see S. 1658), S4601 [24JN] (see H.R. 2070), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 740), H811 [4FE]

——— provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (see H.R. 2431), H3387 [19MY]

——— provide a credit to employers who provide paid family and medical leave (see S. 2354), S8378 [3DE]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3198), H5466 [23JY]

——— provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 43), S57 [7JA]

——— provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1281), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 2310), H2957 [13MY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 1486), S3456 [2JN] (see H.R. 2619), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 4165), H9010 [3DE]

——— provide an exception for certain public-private research arrangements from the business use test for purposes of determining private activity bonds (see H.R. 1819), H2268 [15AP]

——— provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities (see S. 2271), S7913 [10NO] (see H.R. 3390), H5767 [29JY]

——— provide for full expensing of tangible property (see S. 2350), S8378 [3DE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (see S. 1548), S4021 [10JN]

——— provide for identification of corporate tax haven countries and increase penalties for tax evasion practices in haven countries that ship U.S. jobs overseas (see H.R. 3812), H7138 [22OC]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 1186), S2599 [4MY]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see S. 1686), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2889), H4768 [25JN]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 2788), H4431 [16JN]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies (see S. 455), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 3058), H5171 [14JY]

——— provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities (see S. 2305), S8159 [19NO]

——— provide for the tax treatment of small business start-up savings accounts (see H.R. 253), H188 [9JA]

——— provide for the taxation of marijuana (see H.R. 1014), H1084 [20FE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 1737), S4953 [9JY]

——— provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance (see H.R. 480), H530 [22JA]

——— provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 1433), H1768 [18MR]

——— provide incentives for the expansion of U.S. manufacturing (see H.R. 3622), H6306 [28SE]

——— provide refundable credit for costs associated with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (see S. 1023), S2300 [21AP]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (see S. 1141), S2567 [30AP]

——— provide tax relief for certain major disasters and make certain tax relief provisions permanent (see S. 1795), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 3110), H5291 [16JY]

——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 499), H531 [22JA]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 481), H530 [22JA]

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 260), H188 [9JA]

——— raise limitation on the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax credit in lieu of bonus depreciation (see S. 1666), S4602 [24JN]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (see H.R. 972), H1067 [13FE]

——— reduce rate of payroll and self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3267), H5589 [28JY]

——— reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses qualify as certain assets (see H.R. 3672), H6787 [1OC]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see S. 1444), S3238 [21MY] (see H.R. 2520), H3559 [21MY]

——— reduce the tax rate on domestic manufacturing income (see H.R. 2970), H4954 [8JY]

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

——— reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products (see S. 1129), S2529 [29AP]

——— reform partnership audits rules (see H.R. 2821), H4541 [18JN]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 2584), H3641 [1JN]

——— reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, reduce estate value exemption level, include a billionaire’s surtax, tax dynasty trusts, and protect farmland and conservation easements (see S. 1677), S4648 [25JN] (see H.R. 2907), H4769 [25JN]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H4001 [9JN]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 1907), S6186 [30JY] (see H.R. 3311), H5764 [29JY]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 155), S200 [13JA] (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

——— repeal limitation on allowance of a deduction to Members of Congress for ordinary and necessary business expenses (see H.R. 2222), H2792 [1MY]

——— repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 162), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 305), H357 [13JA]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits (see S. 75), S58 [7JA]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (see S. 1687), S4648 [25JN]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 174), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 297), H357 [13JA]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 1001), H1069 [13FE]

——— terminate deferral of active income of controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 3935), H8149 [5NO]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 2068), S6894 [22SE] (see H.R. 3591), H6188 [22SE]

——— treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1801), S5170 [16JY] (see S. 2202), S7470 [22OC]

Taxation; repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 2154), S7219 [7OC]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3308 [18MY]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1898), H2353 [21AP]

——— provided for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1806), H2268 [15AP]

Telecommunications: increase regional telecommunications development (see H.R. 4160), H8970 [2DE]

——— promote availability of additional unlicensed spectrum for innovation and investment (see S. 2278), S7913 [10NO]

——— promote competition to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services (see S. 240), S420 [22JA]

——— support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 113), H1069 [13FE]

Telephones: criminalize the knowing use of commercial robocalls without prior express written consent of the recipient (see S. 1681), S4648 [25JN]

——— improve enforcement of prohibitions on robocalls, including fraudulent robocalls (see S. 1540), S4021 [10JN]

——— provide additional technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice messages and establish such standards for live solicitations (see H.R. 852), H917 [10FE]

——— require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H9010 [3DE]

——— restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

Territories: extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (see H.R. 2118), H2654 [29AP]

——— terminate the exemption from certain regulations of investment companies located in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other possession of the U.S. (see H.R. 3610), H6259 [25SE]

Terrorism: require reporting by technology companies of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives (see S. 2372), S8494 [8DE]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 441), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 662), H703 [2FE]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations (see H.R. 2563), H3561 [21MY]

——— require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 1692), H2109 [26MR]

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

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (see S. 1655), S4601 [24JN] (see H.R. 2620), H3757 [2JN]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3971), H8151 [5NO]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2861), H4592 [23JN]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses (see H.R. 3945), H8150 [5NO]

——— provide tax credit to encourage private employers to hire veterans and clarify reasonable efforts employers may make under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (see H.R. 76), H38 [6JA]

Voting: provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2887), H4768 [25JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt safe and sound depository institutions, credit unions, and depository institution holding companies from certain titles (see H.R. 3890), H7623 [3NO]

——— repeal (see S. 89), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 171), H42 [6JA]

——— repeal certain titles relative to financial stability and orderly liquidation authority (see H.R. 2094), H2653 [29AP]

Water Resources Development Act: allow certain private entities to receive expedited permits (see H.R. 3349), H5765 [29JY]

Weather: enhance commerce through improved seasonal forecasts (see S. 1331), S2850 [13MY]

Whistleblowing: enhance protection for contractor and grantee employees (see S. 795), S1629 [18MR]

——— extend protections for defense contractor employees to employees of contractors of elements of the intelligence community (see S. 794), S1629 [18MR]

——— provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 1599), S4250 [17JN]

——— provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 1513), H1803 [19MR]

——— provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2824), H4541 [18JN]

Women: encourage corporations to include women in all levels of corporate management and commit to utilizing gender diversity in boards of directors and other senior management (see H. Res. 445), H6306 [28SE]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 1512), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2654), H3913 [4JN]

——— expand number of employers required to provide a reasonable time and place for employees to express milk at the workplace (see H.R. 2836), H4541 [18JN]

——— provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (see S. 1590), S4249 [17JN] (see H.R. 2800), H4490 [17JN]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 103), S1629 [18MR] (see H. Res. 157), H1769 [18MR]

Biographies

Dunfey, Jerry, E993 [25JN]

Citations

Gold Medal for Distinguished Service Presented to the Honorable John F. Lehman: Arnold L. Punaro and Craig R. McKinley, S6801 [17SE]

Cloture motions

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7342 [20OC], S7434 [22OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6228 [3AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6518 [9SE], S6581, S6582 [10SE], S6642, S6644 [15SE], S6780, S6781 [17SE], S6869 [22SE], S6916 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5671, S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7885 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5057 [14JY], S5188 [21JY], S5451 [22JY]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), S3340 [31MY], S3427 [2JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), motion to proceed, S3201 [21MY], S3313 [23MY], S3332 [31MY]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to go to conference, S4523 [23JN]

Conference reports

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (H.R. 644), H9104–H9173 [9DE]

Cost Estimates

Consumer Review Freedom Act (S. 2044): CBO, S8539 [9DE]

Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (S. 720): CBO, S8236 [1DE]

Explanations

Consolidated Appropriations (H.R. 2029): Cybersecurity Threats Information Sharing, Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections, Federal Network Security Improvement, and Recruitment of Information Technology and Cybersecurity Personnel, S8847–S8850 [18DE]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8363 [3DE]

Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act (S. 1687), S4651 [25JN]

Letters

America COMPETES Reauthorization Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government (House), H3425 [20MY]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3424 [20MY]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H3425 [20MY]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3425 [20MY]

Bureau of the Census compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act data security procedures relative to authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program: John H. Thompson, Bureau of the Census, H7061 [21OC]

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H3778 [3JN]

——— Coalition for Derivatives End-Users, H3935 [9JN]

——— Dave McCurdy, American Gas Association, H3934 [9JN]

——— Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, H3933 [9JN]

——— Micah Hauptman and Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H3776 [3JN]

——— National Corn Growers Association and Natural Gas Supply Association, H3933 [9JN]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3937 [9JN]

——— several production agriculture associations and agribusinesses, H3932 [9JN]

——— Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, H3934 [9JN]

Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act: James Corless, Transportation for America (organization), S6115 [29JY]

Consumer Review Freedom Act: Keith Hall, CBO, S8539 [9DE]

Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Stephen M. Kohn, National Whistleblower Center (organization), S5475 [22JY]

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: Dean C. Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council, S6259 [4AU]

——— James C. Ballentine, American Bankers Association, S6258 [4AU]

——— Protecting America’s Cyber Networks Coalition, S6259 [4AU]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S6260 [4AU]

——— several electric power organizations, S6258 [4AU]

——— several financial industry organizations, S6258 [4AU]

——— Victoria A. Espinel, BSA/The Software Alliance, S6259 [4AU]

Defend Trade Secrets Act: John Neuffer, Semiconductor Industry Association, S7253 [8OC]

——— several organizations, S7253 [8OC]

——— Theodore H. Davis, Jr., ABA, S7252 [8OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Catfish Inspection Program: Jim Bacchus, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, S3020 [19MY]

——— Matt Walker and Laura Abshire, National Restaurant Association, S3020 [19MY]

——— Pham Quang Vinh, Vietnamese Ambassador, S3021 [19MY]

——— several taxpayer organizations, S3020 [19MY]

Dept. of Commerce funding to facilitate, permit, license, or promote exports to Cuban military or intelligence service, officers of Cuban military or intelligence service, or immediate family members thereof: several organizations, H3722 [2JN]

Dept. of Defense placement of University of Phoenix on probationary and potential termination status relative to participation in the Tuition Assistance Program for active duty military personnel: Senators McCain, Flake, and Alexander, S7572 [28OC]

——— several organizations, S7607 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense simplified acquisition threshold for certain textile, clothing, and apparel items: David Costello, Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition, H3204 [14MY]

——— Scott N. Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing, H3204 [14MY]

——— several textile and apparel organizations, H3203 [14MY]

Dept. of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act: Chad Holliday and Norm Augustine, American Energy Innovation Council, H3375 [19MY]

——— Josh Freed, Third Way (organization), H3375 [19MY]

——— Michael B. Rapp, American Nuclear Society, H3375 [19MY]

Dept. of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance program extension: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4263 [12JN]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H4263 [12JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4263 [12JN]

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H67 [7JA]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H67 [7JA]

——— several business organizations, H67 [7JA]

Economic impact and contributions of Gillette, WY, coal and oil industries: Gillette, WY, senior citizens, S8716 [16DE]

End user exemptions for certain derivative sales: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H68 [7JA]

Ensure personally identifiable information is stripped out of shared cybersecurity information if the entities reasonably believe the information is not related to a cyber threat: Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks (organization), S7504 [27OC]

Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act: Michael D. Helm, American Legion, H8168 [16NO]

Financial effects of elimination of cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S815 [5FE]

Forty Hours Is Full Time Act: Noelle M. Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, S18 [6JA], S323 [21JA]

——— Randy Wadleigh, Governor’s Management Co., Inc., S18 [6JA]

——— Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S322 [21JA]

Global warming: several food and beverage companies, S7152 [6OC], S8478 [8DE]

——— Theresa M. Fariello, ExxonMobil Corp., S8663 [15DE]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5477 [27JY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5477 [27JY]

Impact of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules on ability to repay mortgage on a manufactured home: J.D. Harper, Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association, H2184 [14AP]

Improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen: several individuals, H3611 [1JN]

Intelligence services enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats: several civil rights organizations, S4007 [10JN]

——— several cybersecurity professionals, S4006 [10JN]

Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6762 [1OC]

——— Representative Paul D. Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6762 [1OC]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6762 [1OC]

Legislation providing regulatory relief for community banks: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H8307 [18NO]

Limit use of Russian RD–180 rocket engines on military space launches: Senator McCain, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S8696 [16DE]

Make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce: David French, National Retail Federation, H9280 [11DE]

——— Tom McGee, International Council of Shopping Centers, H9280 [11DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H9281 [11DE]

Mortgage Choice Act: several Representatives, H2194 [14AP]

Multimodal freight network establishment: Kurt Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, S5913 [27JY]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H8841 [1DE]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8841 [1DE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8840, H8841 [1DE]

Penalties for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts: National Association of Attorneys General, S1622 [18MR]

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: Nancy L. Prosser, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, H3955 [9JN]

——— several labor organizations, H3955 [9JN]

——— several organizations, H3955 [9JN]

Preclearance Authorization Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5497 [27JY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5497 [27JY]

Prohibit Eximbank assistance to a state sponsor of terrorism: Fred P. Hochberg, Eximbank, H7706 [4NO]

——— Representative Sherman, H7706 [4NO]

Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H75, H77 [7JA], H352 [13JA]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H75 [7JA]

Protecting Cyber Networks Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E633 [30AP]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E633 [30AP]

——— Representative Nunes, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E633, E634 [30AP]

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act: Brian Wise, U.S. Consumer Coalition, H8300 [18NO]

——— Damon Lester, National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, H8302 [18NO]

——— Dennis Gaudet and William Gurney, New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association, Inc., H8300 [18NO]

——— Duane Taylor, Motorcycle Industry Council, H8299 [18NO]

——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H8302 [18NO]

——— Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H8299 [18NO]

——— Representative Waters, H8302 [18NO]

——— Representatives Ellison and Grijalva, H8302 [18NO]

——— several motor vehicle organizations, H8299 [18NO]

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act and Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H8299 [18NO]

Require entities that operate designated critical infrastructure to report cybersecurity intrusions that could result in catastrophic effects on public health, safety, economic security, or national security: several Senators, S8855 [18DE]

Retirement Security Act: Charles C. Cornelio, Lincoln Financial Group, S631 [29JA]

——— Dana F. Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, S630 [29JA]

——— Dirk Kempthorne, American Council of Life Insurers, S631 [29JA]

——— Douglas B. Fisher, Fidelity Investments (company), S631 [29JA]

——— Gregory J. Burrows, Principal Financial Group, S632 [29JA]

——— Jeanne De Cervens, Transamerica Corp., S632 [29JA]

——— Juli Y. McNeely, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, S631 [29JA]

——— Lynn D. Dudley, American Benefits Council, S631 [29JA]

——— Michael P. Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, S632 [29JA]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S632 [29JA]

——— Stephen McCaffrey, Plan Sponsor Council of America, S632 [29JA]

Save American Workers Act: AFL–CIO, H135 [8JA]

——— Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, H130 [8JA]

——— De Ann Friedholm, Consumers Union, H134 [8JA]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H135 [8JA]

——— Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., H129 [8JA]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H135 [8JA]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, E32 [8JA]

——— Miles Free, Precision Machined Products Association, H133 [8JA]

——— Sam Toia, Illinois Restaurant Association, H134 [8JA]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H135 [8JA]

——— several organizations, H136 [8JA]

SBA expansion of the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure: Michael Cooper, Association of Defense Communities, S2761 [11MY]

Senior$afe Act: Judith M. Shaw, North American Securities Administrators Association, S7596 [28OC]

Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act: Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, S2572 [30AP]

Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act: Joanne I. Gabrynowicz, H3513 [21MY]

Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act: Chris Lewicki, Planetary Resources, Inc., H8192 [16NO]

——— Christine Anderson, Truth or Consequences, NM, Spaceport America, H8194 [16NO]

——— Dennis J. Burnett, H3519 [21MY]

——— Eric W. Stallmer, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, H8194 [16NO]

——— George T. Whitesides, Virgin Galactic (company), H8193 [16NO]

——— Gwynne Shotwell, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), H8193 [16NO]

——— Jane Poynter, World View Enterprises, Inc., H8195 [16NO]

——— Linda Lipsen, American Association for Justice, H3513 [21MY]

——— Pamela Welch, Midland Development Corp., H8192 [16NO]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H3533 [21MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3533 [21MY]

——— Robert Meyerson, Blue Origin (company), H8193 [16NO]

——— Robert Richards, Moon Express Inc., H8192, H8195 [16NO]

——— Sean Mahoney, Masten Space Systems Inc., H8193 [16NO]

——— several individuals, H3518 [21MY]

——— several organizations, H3513 [21MY]

——— Steve L. Howard, Camden County, GA, Spaceport, H8193 [16NO]

——— Stuart O. Witt, Mojave, CA, Air and Space Port, H8193 [16NO]

Trade Act: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4262 [12JN]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H4262 [12JN]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H4262 [12JN]

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4322 [12JN]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H4322 [12JN]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4321 [12JN]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), S3286 [22MY], H4322 [12JN]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H4322 [12JN]

Trade Preferences Extension Act: Richard L. Trumka, AFL–CIO, H4693 [25JN]

Treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain tax deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation: Bill Webb, Congressional Fire Services Institute, S6897 [22SE]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H773, H774 [4FE]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H773 [4FE]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H774 [4FE]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H774 [4FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act: Attorney General Lynch and James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, S3012 [19MY]

——— James C. Duff, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, S3420, S3437 [2JN], H2917 [13MY]

——— Michael S. Rogers, National Security Agency, S3275 [22MY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2915 [13MY]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H2915 [13MY]

——— Representative Nunes, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H2915 [13MY]

——— several technology associations and groups, S2776 [12MY]

Lists

Corporations in support of a tax on carbon emissions, S4033 [10JN]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc., Fellows Program inductees, E216 [13FE], E227 [20FE]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, H3420 [20MY]

Organizations supporting Inhofe/Mikulski amendment to H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, on assessing proposal to privatize commissaries, S4084 [11JN]

Organizations supporting S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, S6330 [5AU], S7329 [20OC]

Organizations supporting S. 1858, Equality Act, S5531 [23JY]

Quotes by Conservatives in support of a tax on carbon emissions, S4032 [10JN]

Memorandums

Free Trade Agreements and Role of Congress: Daniel T. Shedd and Brandon J. Murrill, Congressional Research Service, S2959 [18MY]

Global Climate Science Communication Action Plan: Joe Walker (1998), S2667–S2669 [6MY]

Strenthening Property Rights and the U.S. Economy Through Federal Trade Secret Protection: Alden Abbott, Heritage Foundation (excerpt), S7252 [8OC]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2016: President Obama, S695–S697 [2FE], H673–H675 [2FE]

Motions

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2194 [14AP]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8319 [18NO]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7229 [27OC]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3621 [1JN]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H786 [4FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2396 [22AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6228 [3AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441 [8SE], S6643, S6644 [15SE], S6868 [22SE], S6916, S6917 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5057 [14JY], S5451 [22JY], S5565, S5675 [24JY], S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7886, S7887 [10NO], H8133, H8134 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8363 [3DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H138 [8JA]

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), H8986 [3DE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), S3201 [21MY], S3299 [22MY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H394 [14JA]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S4523 [23JN], H1014 [12FE], H4295 [12JN], H8838, H8846 [1DE], H9295 [11DE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), H1048 [13FE]

Papers

Senators’ Questionable Claims About NSA Bulk Collection: Harley Geiger, Center for Democracy & Technology, S2752 [11MY]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: protect coastal borders and end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in sovereign waters, E1268, E1271 [11SE]

Press releases

Consequences of XBRL Exemption in H.R. 37—Minimal Savings, Reduced Transparency and Access to Capital for Small Companies: XBRL International, Inc., E83 [20JA]

#CubaNow Statement on Administration Veto Threats Over Cuba Policy: #CubaNow (organization), H3722 [2JN]

Economic Uncertainty and Poor Sales Help Explain Small Firms’ Disproportionate Job Losses During Downturn: Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2011), H262 [13JA]

Energy Revolution Is Creating Career Opportunities for Women and Minorities: Carlton Carroll, American Petroleum Institute, H6960 [9OC]

Job-Killing Trade Deficits Surge Under FTAs: Public Citizen (organization), H4329 [12JN]

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: National Governors Association, H3955 [9JN]

Save American Workers Act: Communications Workers of America (organization), E33 [8JA]

Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act: Deep Space Industries, H8196 [16NO]

——— Planetary Resources, Inc., H8195 [16NO]

——— Satellite Industry Association, H8195 [16NO]

Proclamations

Margaret Fernandez California 3d Congressional District Woman of the Year: Representative Garamendi, E1344 [24SE]

Quotations

‘‘Seasonal Greeting for the Times’’: Jack Trout, H21 [6JA]

Remarks in House

Abbott Laboratories (company): inclusion in National Association for Female Executives Top 50 Companies for Executive Women list, H1792 [19MR]

Ackerman, Nick: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E345 [17MR]

ACT Underground, LLC: Commerce City, CO, Entrepreneurial Spirit award recipient, E381 [23MR]

Adams, Annette: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E347 [17MR]

Air pollution: provide for revenue-neutral fee on carbon emissions, H8649 [1DE]

AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc.: tribute, E805 [1JN]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (H.R. 2903), H4875 [8JY]

Allison Transmission Inc.: anniversary, E1222 [8SE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 413), H5187 [15JY]

Amherst, NY: tribute to Amherst Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award recipients, E866 [10JN]

Antitrust policy: make antitrust laws applicable to professional sports leagues that use, or promote or allow member teams or franchisees to use, the term ‘‘Redskins’’ or the term ‘‘Redskin’’ (H.R. 3487), E1251 [10SE]

Arctic regions: arctic polar icebreakers construction funding, H3226 [15MY], H9240 [10DE]

Are You Kidding? (business): tribute, E527 [17AP]

Arizona: designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (H.R. 2859), H4634 [24JN]

Arroyo, Katie: Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida Innovative Service and Best Practice award recipient, E1060 [14JY]

Arthrex, Inc.: inclusion in Fortune (publication) ‘‘Best Companies To Work For’’ list, E607 [29AP]

Asian American Hotel Owners Association: anniversary, E527 [17AP]

Asian Americans: tribute, E225 [20FE]

Atascocita, TX: tribute to Tin Roof BBQ (business), E1434 [6OC]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm, H3739 [2JN]

Aurora, IL: Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce recipient of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Three Star Chamber of Valor Award, H8342 [18NO]

Aviation: improve air travel experience, H6088 [17SE]

Avon, CT: anniversary of Avon Chamber of Commerce, E1662 [19NO]

Bailey, Jared: Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida Innovative Service and Best Practice award recipient, E1060 [14JY]

Banner Signs and Decals (business): West Chamber (organization) Small Business of the Year award recipient, E241 [24FE]

Barton, Katherine: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E343 [17MR]

Bernstein, Jarad: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E342 [17MR]

Biloxi, MS: anniversary of Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Homes, E843 [4JN]

Black Data Processing Associates (organization): anniversary, E816 [2JN]

——— anniversary of District of Columbia chapter, E889 [12JN], E905 [16JN]

Blackhawk Equipment Corp.: Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Business Recognition Award recipient, E453 [13AP]

Bloomington, IN: anniversary of Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, E248 [25FE]

Bockewitz, Mindy: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E341 [17MR]

Boddy, Pat: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1183 [29JY]

Brewer, Terry: Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) (organization) award for North America recipient, E140 [30JA]

Briggs, Bob: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1402 [1OC]

Brownstown, IN: tribute to Brownstown Electric Supply Co., E1544 [27OC], E1647 [18NO]

Brownsville, TX: anniversary of Brownsville Coffee Shop No. 2, E1635 [17NO]

Buck, Elisabeth: Business Record (publication) Woman of Influence honoree, E1181 [29JY]

Buckalew Chevrolet (business): anniversary, E1105 [22JY]

Buckingham, PA: None Such Farm (business) recipient of Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, E1039 [10JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1011 [12FE], H7159 [23OC]

Buhrow, Drew: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E351 [17MR]

Burbank, CA: tribute to Porto’s Bakery (business), E1250 [10SE]

Bureau of the Census: extend authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program (H.R. 3116), H6198, H6199 [24SE]

——— extend authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program (H.R. 3116), Senate amendment, H7060, H7061 [21OC]

Business Roundtable (organization): release of ‘‘Create, Grow, Sustain—Leading by Example’’ report, E489 [14AP]

Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit, H6824 [6OC]

California Aerospace Week: observance, H2038 [26MR]

Calvo’s SelectCare (business): anniversary of service to Guam, E1364 [25SE]

Camacho, Joann G.: First Hawaiian Bank and Guam Business (publication) Guam Businesswoman of the Year Award recipient, E1358 [25SE]

Camber Corp.: anniversary, E523 [16AP]

Camp, Dave: Michigan Junior Achievement (organization) Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1453 [8OC]

Candle-Lite Co.: anniversary, E1105 [22JY]

Carlstar Group, LLC: tribute, E1294 [16SE]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (H.R. 2768), E894 [15JN]

Cerveny, Gretchen: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1405 [1OC]

CFTC: encourage Office of the Chief Economist employment applications from members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans, H3951 [9JN]

——— ensure certain interaffiliate transactions are not regulated as swaps, H345 [13JA]

——— provide status of consultations with U.S. producers and consumers of aluminum, H3950 [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), H3932–H3952 [9JN], E878 [11JN]

——— 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), H3773–H3781 [3JN]

——— 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), corrections in engrossment, H3999 [9JN]

——— report on review of foreign board of trade applications of metal exchanges and status of negotiations with foreign regulators relative to aluminum warehousing, H3938 [9JN]

——— require a report of any plans of action and milestones to address any known information security vulnerabilities, H3951 [9JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (H.R. 1317), H8219–H8221 [16NO]

Chantilly, VA: tribute to Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce ‘‘Stars Over Dulles’’ Award recipients, E1836 [18DE]

Children’s Cancer Connection (organization): Better Business Bureau Integrity Award recipient, E1028 [9JY]

CITGO Petroleum Corp.: anniversary of Corpus Christi, TX, refinery, E557 [22AP]

Climate: express that climate change is real and U.S. energy policy should remove market barriers that inhibit development of renewable energy infrastructure, H8986 [3DE]

——— impact of global warming on Dungeness crab fishing, H9299 [11DE]

——— protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (H.R. 1971), H2367 [22AP], H9360 [16DE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (H.R. 2079), H2479 [28AP]

Commercial Metals Co.: anniversary, E502 [15AP]

Competitive Carriers Association: tribute to Global Expo in Atlanta, GA, volunteer day, H1897 [24MR]

Computers: protect cyber privacy (H.R. 104), E9 [6JA]

——— provide for a public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development, education, public awareness, and preparedness, H6264 [28SE]

Confectionary industry: tribute, H6007 [16SE], H6087, H6122 [17SE]

Confluent Development, LLC: Wheat Ridge Business Association Reinvestment Award recipient, E1509 [22OC]

Connecticut Business and Industry Association: anniversary, E1568 [2NO]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (H.R. 1802), H2366 [22AP]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (S. 535), H2324–H2329 [21AP]

Consumers: allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites (S. 1359), H5804, H5805 [8SE]

Contracts: deny Federal contracts to contractors in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, H3738, H3739 [2JN], H3981 [9JN], H4935, H4936 [8JY]

——— repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (H.R. 1483), H5409 [23JY]

——— require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 1562), H2241–H2243 [15AP]

CoorsTek, Inc.: Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Business Recognition Award recipient, E451 [13AP]

Copyrights: provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (H.R. 1733), E465 [13AP]

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.: condemn predatory and fraudulent tactics, H2479 [28AP]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (H.J. Res. 36), H3384 [19MY]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit updating of regulations relating to the definitions of ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’, H2640, H2641 [29AP]

——— require purchase of certain welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains from a manufacturer that is part of the national technology and industrial base, H2755 [30AP]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (H.R. 2858), H4548 [23JN]

Costco Wholesale Corp.: Arvada Economic Development Association Outstanding Large Business Award recipient, E1483 [20OC]

Council Bluffs, IA: anniversary of Pizza King (business), E1502 [21OC]

Credit: allow members of the Armed Forces and veterans to sue a predatory mortgage lender, H8320 [18NO]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 685), H2188–H2194 [14AP], E495 [15AP]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 685), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2165–H2171 [14AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2178–H2188, H2194–H2197 [14AP], H2320, H2339 [21AP], E157 [3FE]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2165–H2171 [14AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), motion to recommit, H2195 [14AP]

——— prohibit predatory mortgage lenders from benefiting from modifications to definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing, H2195 [14AP]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8311–H8322 [18NO]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), consideration (H. Res. 529), H8292–H8297 [18NO]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), motion to recommit, H8320 [18NO]

Crews, Andy: Time (publication) Auto Dealer of the Year award recipient, H766 [4FE]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts, H3280 [18MY]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (H.R. 285), H558–H560 [26JA], H596–H600 [27JA]

Croll, Amy Ostrander: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E439 [26MR]

Custer City, PA: tribute to Penn Brad Oil Museum Yellow Dog Award recipients, H4363 [15JN]

Danielson, Ashley: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E348 [17MR]

Danos, Johnny: Business Record (publication) Spirit of Philanthropy Award recipient, E1781 [11DE]

Denver, CO: tribute to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, E888 [12JN]

Dept. of Commerce: allow funding to facilitate, permit, license, or promote exports to Cuban military or intelligence service, officers of Cuban military or intelligence service, or immediate family members thereof, H3722–H3724 [2JN]

——— conduct study on the State and national implications of lifting the crude oil export ban with respect to consumers and the economy, H6955 [9OC]

——— International Trade Administration funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H3677, H3678 [2JN]

——— International Trade Administration trade promotion activities funding, H3678, H3679 [2JN]

——— Network for Manufacturing Innovation funding, H2632 [29AP]

——— rename Office of Space Commercialization to Office of Space Commerce, H3404 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: body armor industrial base funding, H4053, H4054, H4094, H4095 [10JN]

——— conduct outreach program to assist women, veteran, and minority-owned small businesses, H8128 [5NO]

——— evaluate commercial off-the-shelf business systems for security, resilience, reliability, interoperability, and integration with existing interrelated systems, H8128 [5NO]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H4115 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, H7262 [28OC]

——— increase participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and industry, H1254 [26FE]

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing and renewable energy, H6885, H6886 [7OC]

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing (H.R. 645), H716, H717 [3FE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (H.R. 4101), E1657 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: conduct study on the net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the repeal of the crude oil export ban, H6954, H6955 [9OC]

——— energy efficiency and renewable energy, fossil energy research and development, and nuclear energy subsidies funding, H2650, H2651 [29AP]

——— improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, and facilitate public-private partnerships (H.R. 1158), H3373–H3377 [19MY]

——— include energy transportation as a consideration in the Energy Security Valuation report, H8931, H8932 [2DE]

——— prohibit funding to apply report entitled ‘‘Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquified Natural Gas From the U.S.’’ in any public interest determination under the Natural Gas Act, H2754, H2755 [30AP]

——— report on potential effects of commercial use of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration on the economy, energy infrastructure, and greenhouse gas emissions, H8927 [2DE]

——— study legal and regulatory barriers that delay, prohibit, or impede export of natural energy resources, H8956 [2DE]

——— tribute to Solar Ready Vets program to train veterans for jobs in solar industry, H2366 [22AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Biodefense Injury Compensation Program, E1835 [18DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify Bureau of Customs and Border Protection procedures relative to suspicion of the importation of counterfeit goods, E935 [19JN]

——— codify objectives of Presidential policy directive to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience (H.R. 85), H9248, H9256 [10DE]

——— establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (H.R. 82), H8401 [19NO]

——— establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (H.R. 998), H5495–H5497 [27JY]

——— failure of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to collect antidumping duties and refusal to pay collected interest to certain industries, H234 [13JA]

——— organize cybersecurity partnerships with energy companies to provide technical assistance and information sharing, H2444 [23AP]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4264, H4321–H4333 [12JN], H8846–H8849 [1DE], H9210 [10DE], H9275–H9295 [11DE], E911 [16JN], E935 [19JN], E1814, E1817 [17DE]

——— require report on best means to align federally-funded cybersecurity with private sector efforts to protect privacy and civil liberties while securing critical infrastructure, H2442 [23AP]

——— require terrorism threat assessment relative to transportation of chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological materials (H.R. 3350), H6989–H6991 [20OC], E1497 [21OC]

Dept. of Justice: condemn Operation Choke Point activities that infringe on ability of certain industries to access credit or other financial services, H4372, H4375 [15JN]

——— create and maintain a public database of administrative, civil, and criminal actions against corporate entities (H.R. 102), E13 [6JA]

——— prohibit funding for Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services, H3672 [2JN], H3805, H3806 [3JN]

——— revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities, H3378, H3379 [19MY]

Dept. of Labor: create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (H.R. 3286), E1167 [29JY]

——— establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (H.R. 344), H769 [4FE]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4214, H4238 [11JN], H4246, H4263, H4268–H4271, H4323, H4329, H4332, H4337, H4340 [12JN], H4349 [15JN], H4390–H4394 [16JN], H4463 [17JN], H4498, H4505, H4520, H4522, H4523 [18JN], H4657, H4659, H4661, H4689–H4697 [25JN], E917 [17JN], E981 [25JN]

——— increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (H.R. 4142), H8870 [2DE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida, H4841, H4842 [7JY]

——— funding for Atlantic lease sales from the proposed plan for offshore oil and gas development, H4843 [7JY], H4940 [8JY]

——— notify landowners, and any adjacent landholders, when federally owned minerals beneath their land have been leased for oil and gas development, H8942, H8943 [2DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), H59–H71 [7JA], H182 [9JA], H2447, H2448 [23AP], E33 [8JA]

Dept. of Transportation: Bureau of Transportation Statistics collection and availability of data on U.S. ports’ performance, H7677 [4NO]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (H.R. 3997), H8165, H8166 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— freight program small project funding, H7605 [3NO]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (H.R. 1694), H2163 [14AP], H8164–H8169 [16NO], H8250 [17NO], E1629 [16NO], E1644 [17NO], E1645 [18NO]

——— recall of defective exploding airbags, E929 [18JN]

——— revise hiring standard for motor carriers, H7647, H7672 [4NO]

——— submit report on potential of the Internet of Things to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas, H7595–H7597 [3NO]

——— suspend Federal funding for California high-speed rail project, H149 [8JA], H193 [12JA], H8247 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop policies to facilitate the transition of Armed Forces members from military service to civilian life and workforce, H2951–H2955 [13MY]

——— enhance treatment of small businesses owned by veterans after the death of disabled veteran owners for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (H.R. 1313), H3260, H3261, H3293 [18MY]

——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (H.R. 1382), H3261–H3263, H3293 [18MY]

——— prohibit funding to contract with companies that have recent wage theft convictions or civil penalties, H2614, H2615 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H2622 [29AP], E725 [15MY]

Depts. of Energy and Commerce: conduct study on feasibility of establishing an ethane storage and distribution hub, H8928 [2DE]

Diageo, PLC: tribute for making information on nutritional and alcohol-content of alcoholic beverages more accessible to consumers, E1511 [22OC]

Direct Selling Day: observance, E1556 [28OC], E1562 [29OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 3185), H5453 [23JY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2118 [13AP], H2164 [14AP]

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (H. Res. 208), E517 [16AP]

Doan, Alan: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1319 [18SE]

Doll Distributing Beverage Co.: anniversary, E807 [1JN]

Downtown Goldsboro Development Corp.: anniversary, E1375 [28SE]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections, H5075 [10JY]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow cultivation, allow importation of hemp, enable medicinal research, and reform Federal enforcement relative to State and local laws, H3584 [1JN]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 1538), E385 [23MR]

DuBois Business College: anniversary, H8248 [17NO]

Duffy, Brad: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E349 [17MR]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H4527 [18JN]

——— impact of illegal immigration on job creation and hiring, H963–H965 [11FE], H5121 [14JY]

——— impact of tax cuts, H1006 [12FE], H9682 [17DE]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H2287 [16AP]

——— importance of free trade, H3924 [9JN]

——— importance of job creation, H800–H802 [4FE], H1750 [18MR], H1856 [24MR], H1914 [25MR], H2275 [16AP], H4336 [12JN], H7197 [27OC]

Education: address participation of underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and industry, H3328 [19MY], H3448 [20MY]

——— establish grants to assist in cost of compensation paid by employers to recent college graduates and to provide funding for further education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) (H.R. 73), H5162 [14JY]

——— exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes, H4977 [9JY]

——— provide for investment in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, H1576 [4MR]

Ekstrom, Jenna: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E415 [25MR]

Elastec/American Marine, Inc.: anniversary, E1136 [28JY]

Electric power: authorize voluntary vegetation management within a certain distance of the exterior boundary of the right-of-way near structures on Forest Service land, H8953 [2DE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 932), H7204 [27OC], H7647 [4NO]

——— carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training, H5164 [14JY]

——— importance of jobs that maintain infrastructure, H943 [11FE], H2858 [12MY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H6744–H6747 [30SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H622–H626 [27JA], H743–H749 [3FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H1705, H1709 [17MR], H5159–H5167 [14JY], H5242 [16JY], H6700 [29SE], H6716 [30SE], H6823–H6826 [6OC]

——— importance of trade apprenticeship programs, H5163, H5164 [14JY]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (H.R. 1147), H9061 [8DE]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (H.R. 1450), E358 [18MR]

——— prohibit an employer from inquiring whether an applicant for employment has been convicted of a criminal offense, except in certain circumstances, E951 [23JN]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, H2321 [21AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (S. 1124), H2855 [12MY]

——— tribute to U.S.-Switzerland skilled trades partnership, H5108 [13JY]

Endangered species: eliminate the commercial import, export, and trade of African elephant ivory in the U.S., H4752 [25JN]

EPA: economic impact of methane gas regulations, H5094 [13JY]

——— ensure existing planning and review regulations are followed, H8954 [2DE]

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards, H6081 [17SE]

——— impact of overregulation, H4371 [15JN]

——— prevent use of science promoted by polluting companies when developing regulations or assessments, H1746, H1747 [18MR]

——— prohibit designation of a council member to the Federal Permitting Improvement Council, H7730 [4NO]

——— prohibit funding to impose stricter biomass emissions standards, H4804, H4805 [7JY]

——— prohibit Scientific Advisory Board membership to any persons working for a corporation that has been convicted of a major environmental crime, H1692 [17MR]

——— release of regulations on hydraulic fracturing, H1811 [23MR]

——— report on impact of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water, H4386 [16JN]

Escalade Sports, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, E650 [1MY]

Evans, John: Bronx, NY, Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council Community Business Award recipient, E330 [16MR]

Executive Office of the President: initiative to increase access to solar energy and expand training and education for jobs in the solar industry, H4878 [8JY]

——— refrain from pursuing policies that make hiring illegal aliens economically advantageous, H384–H386 [14JA], H1605 [4MR]

Eximbank: abolish, H2453–H2456 [23AP], H2971 [14MY]

——— ensure financial statements are in accordance with fair value accounting principles, H7707, H7708 [4NO]

——— ensure small business requirements are met, H7692, H7693 [4NO]

——— establish caps on certain sectors in order to strengthen portfolio diversification and risk management, H7701–H7703 [4NO]

——— establish discussion period and allow for appearance before Board of Directors for companies alleging economic harm from certain transactions, H7708–H7710 [4NO]

——— expiration of charter, H5125 [14JY]

——— limit authorizations to countervailing purposes in order to meet competition from foreign export credit agencies, H7694, H7695 [4NO]

——— prohibit assistance to a state sponsor of terrorism, H7705, H7706 [4NO]

——— prohibit authorizations involving countries with a sovereign wealth fund over a certain amount, H7697–H7699 [4NO]

——— prohibit from providing guarantee or extending credit to foreign borrower in connection with export of goods or services by U.S. company unless the U.S. company guarantees repayment of certain percentage of loan, H7703–H7705 [4NO]

——— reauthorize, H2447, H2448 [23AP], H2776 [1MY], H2891 [13MY], H2971 [14MY], H3510 [21MY], H3650 [2JN], H3926 [9JN], H4011, H4013, H4018 [10JN], H4350, H4363 [15JN], H4387, H4388, H4389 [16JN], H4446, H4449 [17JN], H4496, H4526, H4528, H4532, H4533 [18JN], H4582 [23JN], H4597, H4603, H4605 [24JN], H4876 [8JY], H5083 [10JY], H5225–H5231 [15JY], H5286 [16JY], H5302 [21JY], H5344 [22JY], H5452, H5453 [23JY], H5536, H5539 [28JY], H5608, H5612, H5613, H5615–H5618, H5654 [29JY], H5970 [11SE], H6006 [16SE], H6091–H6094 [17SE], H6169 [18SE], H6700–H6704 [29SE], H6780, H6782 [1OC], H7644, H7648 [4NO], H8980, H8994 [3DE], E955 [23JN], E995 [25JN], E1097 [22JY], E1191 [29JY], E1715 [7DE]

——— reauthorize and reform (H.R. 3611), H6319–H6322 [29SE], H6755–H6759 [1OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), H2319 [21AP], H7196, H7198, H7200, H7201, H7217–H7231, H7237 [27OC], H7263, H7267 [28OC], H7399 [3NO], E129 [28JA], E1548, E1549, E1550 [27OC], E1571 [2NO]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (H. Res. 450), H7182 [26OC], H7192 [27OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (H. Res. 450)—motion to discharge, H7178–H7182 [26OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), unanimous-consent agreement, H7230 [27OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H1672–H1675 [17MR], H1777–H1780 [19MR], H2319 [21AP], H3764 [3JN], H4452–H4454 [17JN], H4607, H4609–H4613 [24JN], H4656, H4761 [25JN], E880 [11JN], E968 [24JN]

——— remove Dept. of the Treasury guarantees for losses and borrowing authority, H7699–H7701 [4NO]

——— require certain assistance to be contingent on at least two denials of similar assistance from the private sector and stipulate penalties for making false claims when seeking assistance, H7696, H7697 [4NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2764), E979 [25JN]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, E910 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, H2024 [25MR], H2171–H2178 [14AP]

——— support Working Families Agenda (H. Res. 506), H7319–H7322 [28OC], H8344 [18NO], E1561 [29OC]

Farmers Telephone Co.: anniversary, E1325 [18SE]

FCC: preserve the open Internet, H3672 [2JN]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic, H1125 [25FE], H1176 [26FE], H1375 [27FE], H1511 [2MR]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration, H5012 [9JY]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition, H5012 [9JY], E1037 [10JY]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (H.R. 971), H2970 [14MY]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (H.R. 2058), E596 [28AP]

——— impact of genetically engineered salmon on wild salmon stocks and the fishing industry, H5425 [23JY]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases, E1307 [17SE]

——— issue a report on the risks and benefits associated with a two-tiered approval process that would permit certain medical devices to provisionally come to market if they have demonstrated safety but not efficacy, H5077, H5078 [10JY]

——— require U.S. companies labeling their products in foreign countries as containing genetically modified organisms to label the equivalent product the same way in the U.S., H5430, H5431 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: include subcontracting goals for small business concerns in the responsibilities of certain members of a Federal agency responsible for acquisition, H2994 [14MY]

Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H4127, H4128 [10JN]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: continue development, issuance, or implementation of regulations that increase minimum financial responsibility for transporting passengers or property, H3844, H3845 [3JN]

FERC: ensure taxpayers are not held liable and pipeline owners bear full responsibility for any repair or environmental damages resulting from a natural gas pipeline explosion, H458 [21JA]

Fernandez-Morrow, Christina: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E350 [17MR]

5280 Armory (business): Arvada Economic Development Association Business Collaboration Award recipient, E1482 [20OC]

Financial institutions: exclude certain debt securities of collateralized loan obligations from the prohibition against acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or private equity fund, H81 [7JA], H345, H347–H351 [13JA], E126 [27JA]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (H.R. 601), H2120, H2121 [13AP]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (H.R. 381), H5165 [14JY], H8145 [5NO]

Finnegan, Vince: Rosenberg, TX, Central Fort Bend Chamber Business Person of the Year award recipient, E91 [21JA]

Finnerty, Brenna: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E421 [25MR]

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 (H.R. 1217), H6905–H6908 [8OC], H6966 [9OC], E1767 [10DE]

——— 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, H9006 [3DE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3411), H6798 [6OC]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (H.R. 2380), H6798 [6OC], E722 [15MY]

——— obligate gun dealers to use a prohibited person background check for every firearm sale or transfer, H6839, H6840 [7OC], H6899, H6901 [8OC]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 752), H6797 [6OC]

——— prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons, H8870 [2DE]

——— require every firearms seller to conduct background checks before selling a gun and prove the purchase was approved by the National Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 2871), H4636 [24JN]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (H.R. 2916), H6797 [6OC]

Fish and fishing: improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H3596, H3610–H3612 [1JN]

——— make authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fisheries permanent (H.R. 2168), H6819, H6820 [6OC]

——— prohibit fast-track analyses of environmental concerns required under the National Environmental Policy Act, H3603, H3604 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H1856 [24MR]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3591–H3617, H3619–H3624 [1JN], E306 [4MR], E813 [2JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), consideration (H. Res. 274), H3491–H3496 [20MY]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), corrections in engrossment, H3624 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), motion to recommit, H3622 [1JN]

——— provide for more input from communities and regional experts at fishery management councils and increase ability of local agencies to hold polluters more accountable, H3622 [1JN]

——— strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (H.R. 774), H5478–H5486 [27JY], E175 [5FE]

——— support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (H.R. 2106), H2776 [1MY], H3686 [2JN]

Fisheries Survival Fund (organization): Offshore Mariners’ Wives Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award recipient, E1367 [28SE]

Florida: tribute to Handicapped, Inc., Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, E1410 [1OC]

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees, E1333 [22SE]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H2823, H2858 [12MY], H2963 [14MY], H3550–H3555 [21MY], H3632–H3634 [1JN], H3645, H3647 [2JN], H4009 [10JN], H4164, H4170, H4213, H4214, H4228–H4236, H4238 [11JN], H4246–H4271, H4323–H4335, H4337–H4341 [12JN], H4347, H4349, H4379 [15JN], H4386, H4390–H4395, H4423 [16JN], H4436 [17JN], H4497–H4507, H4519–H4524 [18JN], H4646 [24JN], H4657–H4662, H4689–H4698 [25JN], H5600 [29JY], E921, E928 [18JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (H.R. 1890), H2448, H2449–H2453 [23AP]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, human rights, and environmental standards, H142–H147 [8JA], H221 [12JA], H442 [21JA], H623–H625, H632–H636 [27JA], H1712–H1716 [17MR], H2823 [12MY], H4265 [12JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy and job creation, H969–H972 [11FE], H2159 [14AP], H2294 [16AP], H2448, H2449–H2453 [23AP], H2671 [30AP], H4266 [12JN], H4500 [18JN], E798 [1JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on Ohio employment and economy, H3585 [1JN]

——— improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws, H4327 [12JN], H4690, H4695 [25JN]

——— reform trade policies, H837 [5FE]

——— require the President to take the necessary steps to create a more balanced trading relationship with countries where the trade deficit has exceeded a certain limit, H624 [27JA]

——— U.S. deficit, H747 [3FE], H9323 [15DE]

Fortney, Joel: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E413 [25MR]

Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission: anniversary, E1443 [7OC]

Friends of India Mission: tribute to women in business trip to India to foster women’s business exchanges, economic empowerment, and gender parity for women in the U.S. and India, E1477 [16OC]

Froberg, Alfred, Jr.: Brazoria County, TX, Junior Achievement (organization) Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1445 [7OC]

FRS: apply the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1265), H2123, H2124 [13AP]

——— clarify issuance of indirect auto lending guidance by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in no way prohibits the enforcement of other fair lending laws by the Bureau, H8311 [18NO]

——— Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory relief to community financial institutions, H9312 [15DE]

——— ensure costs or potential impacts to any veteran-owned business are considered and included for any future auto financing guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H8309, H8310 [18NO]

——— 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), H4170 [11JN], H5536 [28JY], H8246 [17NO], H8297–H8311 [18NO], E1653 [19NO]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8254–H8259 [17NO]

——— prohibit membership by persons employed by companies engaged in predatory practices related to service members, H2379 [22AP]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau conduct a study on potential costs and impact to rural consumers and businesses resulting from certain indirect auto financing guidance, H8310 [18NO]

——— require inclusion of veteran-owned small businesses in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Small Business Advisory Board membership, H2343 [21AP]

——— require inclusion of women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Small Business Advisory Board membership, H2342 [21AP]

Galbraith, Sarah: SBA Missouri Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1319 [18SE]

Gannett Fleming, Inc.: anniversary, E1062 [14JY]

GAO: conduct study on economic impact of west coast ports ongoing labor contract negotiations, H7676 [4NO]

Garbarino, Patricia: San Rafael, CA, Chamber of Commerce Women of Industry Business Leader award recipient, E1634 [17NO]

Garvey, Sarah: West Chamber (organization) Young Professional of the Year award recipient, E232 [24FE]

Gastonia, NC: anniversary of Tony’s Ice Cream (business), H9088 [9DE]

Georgia: tribute to efforts to prepare for potential outbreak of bird flu, H6232 [25SE]

Government: prohibit agencies and contractors from requesting criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (H.R. 3470), H7634 [4NO]

Government regulations: allow the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request a Federal agency to conduct a retrospective cost-benefit analysis of any existing regulation, H775, H782, H783 [4FE]

——— effect of financial regulations on small community banks, H3237 [15MY]

——— ensure access to certain information for financial services industry regulators (H.R. 1480), H2125, H2126 [13AP]

——— ensure that if economic growth remains under a certain rate, then additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates will be repealed, H783, H784 [4FE]

——— exempt construction projects that negatively affect drinking water supply or air quality of nearby communities from new permitting process rules, H6254 [25SE]

——— preserve regulations that provide critical protections against sexual and domestic violence, H786 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H95 [7JA], H150 [8JA], H772–H788 [4FE], H838 [5FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (H. Res. 78), H766–H772 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), motion to recommit, H786 [4FE]

——— provide regulatory relief to facilitate capital formation and to ensure greater consumer access to financial products and services, H7736, H7737 [4NO]

——— require assessment of effects of government action on private property, including the use and value of such property, H781, H782 [4FE]

Graniteville, SC: anniversary of train wreck, H112 [8JA]

Graphics Universal Inc.: anniversary, E1360 [25SE]

Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors, Inc.: anniversary, E1499 [21OC], E1605 [5NO]

Greenfield Municipal Utilities: anniversary, E1090 [21JY]

Grgich Hills Estate Winery (business): anniversary of Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown, E711 [14MY]

Griesemer, Louis: National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association James Christie Safety and Health Professional of the Year Award recipient, E310 [4MR]

Griffin, Faye: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1408 [1OC]

Guthrie’s (company): anniversary, E1179 [29JY]

Hamilton, Emily: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E418 [25MR]

Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Pennsylvania Farm Show, H141 [8JA]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H7106 [22OC], H7158 [23OC]

HEB Grocery Co., LP: anniversary, E898 [15JN]

Hoffman-Zinnel, Daniel: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E417 [25MR]

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC: tribute, E525 [16AP]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5540, H5542 [28JY]

House Rules: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H17 [6JA]

Houston, MO: anniversary of D&L Florist (business), E817 [2JN]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Houston Asian Chamber of Commerce, E948 [23JN]

——— tribute to launch of direct flights between Houston and Taipei, Taiwan, E873 [10JN], E887 [12JN], E904 [16JN], E955 [23JN]

Hull, Suzanne: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E412 [25MR]

Human rights: require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (H.R. 3226), E1130 [27JY]

Husain, Mashal: Business Record (publication) Woman of Influence honoree, E1168 [29JY]

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC: anniversary, E801 [1JN]

Illinois: proposal by Governor Rauner to create right-to-work zones relative to employee participation in labor organizations, H2367 [22AP]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (H.R. 2181), H2670 [30AP]

——— expand U-visa eligibility and strengthen labor agency investigative powers, H7636 [4NO]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, H9689 [17DE]

——— reform H–2B seasonal nonimmigrant worker visa program, E1834 [18DE]

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

Industrial Chemicals Corp.: Arvada Economic Development Association Business Collaboration Award recipient, E1482 [20OC]

Industrial Design Day: observance, E514 [16AP]

Information technology: improve cybersecurity, H2422 [23AP], H7126 [22OC]

Ingalls, Josh: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E409 [25MR]

Ingersoll-Rand PLC: anniversary of Mocksville, NC, plant, H4583 [23JN]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism, E1835 [18DE]

——— provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (H.R. 1478), H8217–H8219 [16NO]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, E1835 [18DE]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2292, H2293 [16AP], H2345 [21AP], H2381–H2398 [22AP], H5760 [29JY], E568 [23AP], E593 [28AP], E617 [29AP], E633 [30AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), consideration (H. Res. 212), H2368–H2378 [22AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), motion to recommit, H2396, H2397 [22AP]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), H9686 [17DE]

Internet: affirm U.S. policy to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model, H4550 [23JN]

Interstate 35 Telephone Co.: anniversary, E1291 [16SE]

Iran: prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H5950 [11SE], H6143 [18SE], H6314, H6700 [29SE], H6714 [30SE], H6761–H6768 [1OC], H8347 [18NO]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), consideration (H. Res. 449), H6752–H6761 [1OC]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 100), H8864 [2DE]

IRS: provide taxpayer protection and assistance by establishing a statement of taxpayer rights and tax return preparation programs and improving IRS procedures (H.R. 4128), E1675 [30NO]

Israel: promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel, H9290 [11DE]

ITC: legal and technical assistance to small businesses funding, H3693 [2JN]

J.F. Kruse Jewelers (business): SBA Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H2322 [21AP]

Johns Manville (business): Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Innovative Technology Award recipient, E449 [13AP]

Johnston, IA: tribute to DuPont Pioneer Crick Research Center, E115 [26JA]

Jones, Grant: SBA Washington State Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E923 [18JN]

Kahn, Soares, and Conway, LLP: Lemoore, CA, Chamber of Commerce Ag Supporter of the Year award recipient, E1252 [10SE]

Kaiser Permanente (company): anniversary of membership in West Chamber (organization), E237 [24FE]

Kawneer (company): anniversary of Bloomsburg, PA, plant, E1522 [23OC]

Kem Krest Corp.: General Motors Co., Supplier of the Year award recipient, E413 [25MR]

Kennewick, WA: anniversary of Port of Kennewick, H1810 [23MR]

Kentucky River Coal Corp.: anniversary, E671 [12MY]

KLA Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, E961 [24JN]

Knapp Properties, Inc.: Better Business Bureau Integrity Award recipient, E1023 [9JY]

Kunert, Kathryn: Business Record (publication) Woman of Influence honoree, E1179 [29JY]

Kurovski, Sara: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E407 [25MR]

——— Business Record (publication) Woman of Influence honoree, E1178 [29JY]

Labor unions: impact of implementation of State ‘‘right-to-work’’ laws, H4961 [9JY]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 3222), H5605 [29JY]

——— provide for mandatory appointment of a board of inquiry into slowdowns, strikes, or lock-outs when certain specified events occur (H.R. 3932), E1602 [5NO]

Lake County, IL: anniversary of Lake County Chamber of Commerce, E641 [1MY]

Lakewood, CO: tribute to Natural Grocers Day, E1115 [23JY]

Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal: call for newspaper to reveal identities of new owners, H9358 [16DE]

Lexmark International, Inc.: tribute to environmental practices, E549 [22AP]

Lindeman Tractor, Inc.: anniversary, E897 [15JN]

Literacy Council of Northern Virginia: tribute to Community Partners Award recipients, E1203 [31JY]

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.: anniversary of Little Caesars Love Kitchen, E637 [30AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (H. Con. Res. 17), H1576 [4MR]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: tribute, E376 [23MR]

Luen Thai Holdings LTD.: anniversary, E1158 [29JY]

Lumber industry: promote growth by ensuring efforts to balance conservation with job creation, H7167 [23OC]

Macke, Brent: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E405 [25MR]

Mann Plumbing, Inc.: tribute to Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar, E1545 [27OC]

Mannington Mills, Inc.: anniversary, E1688 [1DE]

Marco, Inc.: tribute, H6711 [30SE]

Masi, Glyn and Alan: West Chamber (organization) Ambassadors of the Year award recipients, E233 [24FE]

McMahon, Tom: Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation Leadership for Iowa Award recipient, E1151 [28JY]

McReynolds, Mandi: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E443 [26MR]

Medicare: require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (H.R. 284), H1646, H1647 [16MR]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Royal Studios for recording of ‘‘Uptown Funk’’, E550 [22AP]

Meurer Research, Inc.: Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Business Recognition Award recipient, E454 [13AP]

Meyer, Dennis: Arvada Economic Development Association Lloyd J. King Entrepreneurial Spirit Award recipient, E1484 [20OC]

Miami Dade College: tribute to job fair, H5604 [29JY]

Miami-Dade County, FL: tribute to Tomorrow’s South Dade Program, H2784 [1MY]

Michael Baker Corp.: anniversary, E626 [30AP]

Midland Marketing Coop, Inc.: anniversary, H1577 [4MR]

Midmark Corp.: anniversary, E1357 [25SE]

Midwest Construction and Supply Inc.: Better Business Bureau Integrity Award recipient, E1030 [9JY]

Miller Brewing Co.: anniversary, E1356 [24SE]

Miller-Ackley, Jaimie: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E432 [26MR]

Minden, LA: Minden-South Webster Chamber of Commerce recipient of Louisiana Small Chamber of the Year Award, E1470 [9OC]

Minimum wage: increase, H233 [13JA], H2024 [25MR], H2255–H2260 [15AP], H9191 [9DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H2479 [28AP]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (H.R. 2150), H3637 [1JN], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), H6281–H6284 [28SE]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), Senate amendment, H6779, H6780 [1OC]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (H.R. 122), H54 [7JA], H2259 [15AP], H3637 [1JN], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (H.R. 963), H7049 [21OC], E1521 [23OC]

Minorities: improve economic condition of minorities, H2663 [30AP], H3634–H3640 [1JN], E169, E170 [5FE]

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.: apology to World War II POW, E1170 [29JY]

Monteith, Dick: Modesto, CA, Chamber of Commerce Champion of Free Enterprise Award recipient, E144 [2FE]

Montgomery, AL: tribute to Capitol Book & News (business), E1645 [18NO]

Montgomery County, TX, Association of Business Women: anniversary, E1171 [29JY]

Moorpark, CA: anniversary of Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, E89 [21JA]

Morgan Hill, CA: anniversary of Guglielmo Winery, E1254 [10SE]

Moriguchi, Tomio: University of Washington Multicultural Alumni Partnership Dr. Samuel E. Kelly Award recipient, E1477 [16OC]

Morman, Michael: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E435 [26MR]

Mo-Sci Corp.: anniversary, E818 [2JN]

Moser, Lindsay: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E430 [26MR]

Motor vehicles: allow for a limited number of automobile transporter vehicles to increase their length, H7619 [3NO]

——— clarify that only rental car companies whose primary business is renting vehicles are prohibited from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7721, H7722 [4NO]

——— extend regulations relative to vehicle recalls to used car dealers, H8997 [3DE]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7406 [3NO], H8996, H8997 [3DE]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (H.R. 2198), H5537 [28JY]

Murray, Thomas: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1408 [1OC]

NAFTA: economic impact, H2884 [13MY]

Nashville, IN: anniversary of Bear Wallow Distillery (business), E1063 [14JY]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute to Fellows Program inductees, E216 [13FE], E227 [20FE]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H7637 [4NO]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform, H67, H69, H71 [7JA]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (H. Res. 276), E751 [19MY]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: observance, H6264 [28SE], H6847 [7OC]

National Forest Products Week: observance, H6984 [20OC], H7039, H7040 [21OC], H7099, H7100 [22OC], H7142, H7167, H7169 [23OC], E1517 [22OC], E1524, E1526 [23OC], E1607 [5NO]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H622 [27JA]

——— establish (H.R. 935), E207 [12FE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: increase funding, reform reporting requirements, exempt low-volume vehicle manufacturers from safety standards, and revise retention of safety records by manufacturers, H7727, H7728 [4NO]

National Manufacturing Day: observance, H5986 [16SE], H6711, H6716, H6744–H6747 [30SE], H6940 [9OC], E1408, E1410 [1OC]

National objectives: economic recovery, H1733 [18MR], H5858 [9SE]

National Small Business Week: observance, H2776 [1MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: observance, H7401 [3NO]

National Work and Family Month: observance, H7322 [28OC]

Natural gas: economic impact of exporting natural gas, H5166 [14JY]

Natural Grocers (business): anniversary, E1137 [28JY]

Nelson, Ben: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E440 [26MR]

New Hampshire: tribute to manufacturing industry, H5160 [14JY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, H6168 [18SE], H9215 [10DE], H9386, H9387 [17DE]

——— reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (H.R. 1786), H5880 [10SE], H5972 [11SE], H6898 [8OC], H7638 [4NO], H8656, H8657 [1DE], H9002 [3DE], H9033 [8DE], H9275 [11DE], E488 [14AP], E1272 [11SE]

Newnan, GA: Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce recipient of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Chamber of the Year award, H7399 [3NO]

NIST: funding, H3671 [2JN]

——— Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H3453, H3454 [20MY]

——— Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons building and facilities funding, H3683, H3684 [2JN]

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (H.R. 4022), E1629 [16NO]

NOAA: authorize use of Asset Forfeiture Fund for enhanced fishery research, at-sea and shoreside monitoring, conservation gear engineering, development of fishery impact statements, and regional fishery management councils priorities, H3605 [1JN]

——— encourage utilization of private sector for aerial survey operations, H3707 [2JN]

——— Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program funding, H3685, H3686 [2JN]

Norton, Joshua: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E438 [26MR]

NSF: expand Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program mission to include investment in and support for women entrepreneurs, H3449, H3450 [20MY]

——— increase participation of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for commercial space industry, H3407 [20MY]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of East Bay Economic Development Alliance, E1252 [10SE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H518 [22JA], H749–H753 [3FE], H1054–H1057 [13FE]

——— fast-track trade promotion authority, H396 [14JA], H2345 [21AP], H2399 [22AP], H2660 [30AP], H3396 [20MY], H4538 [18JN]

——— issuance of ‘‘Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment’’ memorandum, H7639 [4NO]

——— State of the Union Message, H438, H441, H442, H443, H467–H470 [21JA], H749 [3FE]

Olson, Gunnar: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E446 [26MR]

OMB: reform process for extending Federal permit applications and ensure applications are reviewed in a timely manner, H7731, H7732 [4NO]

Pacific Maritime Association: agreement in labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union, H1125 [25FE]

——— resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union, H56 [7JA], H1040 [13FE]

Parsons & Associates, Inc.: anniversary, E812 [2JN]

Pason Systems (business): Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Business Recognition Award recipient, E450 [13AP]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 9), H908–H914 [10FE], H1794–H1797 [19MR], H2411–H2414 [22AP], H2459–H2461 [23AP], H3241–H3243 [15MY], H3924 [9JN], H4012, H4019 [10JN], H4639–H4643 [24JN], H5084 [10JY], H5165 [14JY], E445 [26MR]

——— promote transparency in ownership and improve the patent system, H1793–H1797 [19MR], H3238–H3243 [15MY]

——— strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (S. 632), H1797 [19MR], H2413 [22AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), H5488–H5490 [27JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H29–H32 [6JA], H55, H95 [7JA], H140, H150 [8JA], H441, H468 [21JA], H512 [22JA], H2321 [21AP], H5539 [28JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, H8865 [2DE], H8974, H8988–H9000 [3DE], E1715, E1716 [7DE], E1735 [8DE], E1758 [10DE], E1834 [18DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8975–H8983 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7403–H7412 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7641–H7650 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, H8134, H8135 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7272 [28OC], H7394, H7412–H7621 [3NO], H7633, H7638, H7640, H7650–H7740 [4NO], H8129–H8133, H8140 [5NO], H8216 [16NO], E1602, E1604, E1607, E1608, E1609, E1611 [5NO], E1617 [16NO]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H736–H738 [3FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H95 [7JA], H109, H125–H140, H150 [8JA], H186 [9JA], H2321 [21AP], E33 [8JA], E41 [9JA], E63 [13JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), consideration (H. Res. 19), H115–H125 [8JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), motion to recommit, H138, H139 [8JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 1624), H6265–H6267 [28SE], H7105 [22OC]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (H.R. 928), E1509 [22OC]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050), H7105 [22OC]

——— repeal mandate requiring certain employers to automatically enroll full-time employees in health plans, H7157, H7158 [23OC], H8257 [17NO]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans, H7151, H7157, H7158 [23OC], H8657 [1DE], E1840 [18DE]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (H.R. 879), H1126 [25FE], H4387 [16JN]

Patterson, Katie: Technology Association of Iowa Women of Innovation Rising Star award recipient, E1806 [16DE]

Pawtucket, RI: Modern Diner (business) recipient of Food Network Best Diner Dish in America award, H9089 [9DE]

Peebles, Justine: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E437 [26MR]

Pella Corp.: anniversary, E1028 [9JY]

Pellow, Ernie: Pennsylvania Builders Association Distinguished Achievement Award recipient, H5808 [8SE]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (H.R. 2844), E936 [19JN]

PepsiCo Inc.: anniversary, E844 [4JN]

Permanent Court of Arbitration: ruling that Russia violated the Energy Charter Treaty when it expropriated Yukos Oil Co., assets, E1084 [20JY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H613 [27JA]

Pfannkuch, Angie: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E433 [26MR]

Pharmaceuticals: address rising cost of generic drugs, H6232 [25SE]

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

Pie Consulting & Engineering (company): Edward Lowe Foundation Colorado Companies To Watch honoree, E1289 [16SE]

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.: inclusion in Fortune (publication) 500 list, E963 [24JN]

Pipelines: require iron, steel, and manufactured goods used for the Keystone XL Pipeline be made in the U.S., H943 [11FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 430), H3384, H3385 [19MY], H8256, H8257 [17NO]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (H.R. 20), H2319 [21AP], H3382–H3385 [19MY]

Port Hueneme, CA: anniversary of Port Hueneme Chamber of Commerce, E287 [2MR]

Postal Service: conduct a pilot program to conduct nonpostal services at certain post offices, allow shipping of alcoholic beverages, and upgrade the postal vehicle fleet (H.R. 3319), E1165 [29JY]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers, H4324 [12JN]

——— tribute, H235 [13JA]

Power resources: create stable economic climate for natural gas industry, H4971 [9JY]

——— economic impact of hydraulic fracturing operations, E42 [9JA]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8634–H8639 [30NO], H8649, H8650, H8839–H8846 [1DE], H8866, H8894–H8965 [2DE], H8983–H8988 [3DE], E1704, E1709 [3DE], E1744 [9DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 539), H8658–H8663 [1DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 542), H8875–H8884 [2DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), corrections in engrossment, H8988 [3DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H8986 [3DE]

——— promote a strong national energy policy that supports the innovative and hard-working men and women in the oil and gas industry who have led the charge in a U.S. energy revolution (H. Res. 243), H2784 [1MY]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H9361–H9364 [16DE]

——— protect right of consumers to pursue breach of warranty claims against manufacturers for inaccurate certification of Energy Star products, H8936, H8937 [2DE]

Pratt & Whitney (company): anniversary, H5408 [23JY], H5533, H5534, H5535, H5537, H5538 [28JY], E1136, E1152 [28JY]

Preferred Credit, Inc.: Minnesota Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics recipient, H9312 [15DE]

Premium Panels, Inc.: tribute, E1406 [1OC]

Pride Ag Resources (business): anniversary, E663 [8MY]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (H.R. 2233), H3545 [21MY], H4599 [24JN], E679 [12MY], E883 [11JN]

——— permit telecommunications and Internet service providers to publicly estimate the number of Federal data requests they receive and the number of individuals targeted for data collection orders (H.R. 689), H804 [4FE]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2901–H2923 [13MY], H2969 [14MY], H3583 [1JN], H3773 [3JN], H3923 [9JN], H5760 [29JY], E701 [14MY], E726 [15MY], E762 [20MY], E883 [11JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892–H2901 [13MY]

——— reform Federal authority to collect personal e-mails for purposes of data collection, H803 [4FE]

Protecting Cyber Networks Act: sunset, H2393, H2394 [22AP]

Pullman Historic District: establish as a national monument, H1176 [26FE]

Quicken Loans Inc.: anniversary, E978 [25JN]

Racial relations: tribute to cable industry’s commitment to diversity, E1465 [9OC]

Railroads: improve safety of hazardous materials rail transportation, H7413 [3NO]

Recycling: tribute to efforts of aluminum industry to promote recycling, E1620 [16NO]

Red Rocks Community College: Health Sciences Campus recipient of Arvada Economic Development Association Community Partnership Award, E1484 [20OC]

Renewable energy: support for the wind energy industry, H6846 [7OC], E1501 [21OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H95 [7JA], H235, H236 [13JA], H3499 [20MY], E635 [30AP]

Research: establish a working group to review regulations and make recommendations to improve efficiency of Federal research and development (H.R. 1119), H3365, H3366 [19MY]

Reston, VA: tribute to Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Awards for Chamber Excellence recipients, E1201 [31JY]

Reynolds, Kim: Business Record (publication) Women of Influence honoree, E1188 [29JY]

Richardson, Emilee: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E471 [13AP]

Riemann Family Funeral Homes (business): opening of Jackson County, MS, location, E489 [14AP]

Rigidized Metals Corp.: anniversary, E1024 [9JY]

Riviera Beach, FL: anniversary of Port of Palm Beach, E832 [3JN]

Roads and highways: recognize value of collaborations between private sector engineering industry and Federal and State agencies in delivery of surface transportation projects and encourage such partnerships, H7586 [3NO]

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

Roth, Katie: Business Record (publication) Woman Business Owner of the Year award recipient, E1176 [29JY]

Ryko Development Inc.: Texas Association of Builders Developer of the Year award recipient, E1302 [16SE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Fox & Goose Public House (business), E953 [23JN]

——— tribute to Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce honorees, E155 [3FE]

Salisbury, NC: tribute to Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Rowan Program graduates, E769 [21MY]

Samuel Shapiro & Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1111 [23JY]

Sandau Bros. Sign Co.: anniversary, E1358 [25SE]

SBA: entrepreneurial development programs funding, H1875 [24MR]

——— expand participation in the Microloan Program (H.R. 2670), H5099–H5101 [13JY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), H5101, H5102 [13JY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), Senate amendment, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase funding available for certain general business loans, H5508–H5510 [27JY]

——— increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (H.R. 3175), E1112 [23JY]

——— small business development centers funding, H1875 [24MR]

——— support entrepreneurial development programs for women and minority owned businesses, H3407 [20MY]

——— women’s business center program funding, H1875 [24MR]

Schuler, Sara: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E467 [13AP]

Schwartz, Brian: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E468 [13AP]

SEC: exempt certain transactions involving purchases by credited investors from Securities Act (H.R. 1839), H6805–H6808 [6OC]

——— exempt smaller public companies from requirements relating to the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language for periodic reporting, H79 [7JA]

——— improve form 10-K and regulation S-K (H.R. 1525), H6804, H6805 [6OC]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H71–H82 [7JA], H182 [9JA], H341–H354 [13JA], H361 [14JA], E41 [9JA], E76 [16JA], E83 [20JA], E126 [27JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), consideration (H. Res. 27), H237–H248 [13JA]

——— make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), motion to recommit, H394 [14JA]

——— prohibit anyone convicted of providing assistance to a terrorist organization from the economic benefits of reduced burdens of capital markets, H394 [14JA]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7164 [23OC], H7231–H7243, H7244 [27OC], E1556 [28OC], E1567 [2NO]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (H. Res. 491), H7201–H7207 [27OC]

——— repeal a certain reporting requirement (H.R. 3032), H8219 [16NO]

Securities: amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (H.R. 2064), H5147–H5149 [14JY]

——— provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, H67, H76 [7JA], H345 [13JA]

Sedro-Woolley, WA: Cascades Job Corps Center recipient of Burlington, WA, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award, E1395 [30SE]

S&H Products Inc.: Arvada Economic Development Association Outstanding Small Business Award recipient, E1485 [20OC]

Sheetz, Inc.: inclusion in Pennsylvania Dept. of Community and Economic Development and Team Pennsylvania Foundation Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania list, E282 [2MR]

——— opening of 500th store in Thomasville, NC, E282 [2MR]

Shenandoah, IA: tribute to Tall Corn Motel, E1435 [6OC]

Simply Storage Arvada (business): Arvada Economic Development Association Business Collaboration Award recipient, E1482 [20OC]

Small, Jim and Colleen: SBA Pittsburgh, PA, District Office Small Business Persons of the Year award recipient, H2858 [12MY]

Small business: assess prime contracting goals to ensure maximum participation by a wide variety of small businesses, H3162 [14MY]

——— reduce regulatory burdens, H228 [13JA]

Small Business Saturday: observance, H8292 [18NO], H8869 [2DE]

Somalia: impact of banks suspending remittance services in order to prevent funding of al Shabaab (terrorist organization), H925 [11FE]

Space policy: conduct study analyzing third-party liability for spaceflight participants, H3526 [21MY]

——— ensure the Orbital Traffic Management Study includes input from nonprofit organizations that conduct research in space traffic and orbital activities, H3526 [21MY]

——— expand eligibility for experimental permits for reusable rockets to include reusable launch vehicles, H3525 [21MY]

——— facilitate continued development of commercial remote sensing industry and protect national security, H3404 [20MY], H3532 [21MY]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), H3511–H3534 [21MY], H3841 [3JN], E789 [22MY]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), consideration (H. Res. 273), H3403–H3410 [20MY]

——— facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), Senate amendment, H8185–H8196 [16NO]

——— manned and unmanned space flight research and development funding, H3408 [20MY]

——— promote competitiveness of U.S. commercial space sector, H3530–H3533 [21MY]

——— promote development of a U.S. commercial space resource exploration and utilization industry and increase the exploration and utilization of resources in outer space, H3404 [20MY], H3532 [21MY], H8196 [16NO]

——— provide outreach to historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, and national Indian institutions for participation in opportunities in the commercial space industry, H3528 [21MY]

——— provide outreach to women-owned and minority-owned businesses on opportunities in the commercial space industry, H3527 [21MY]

Springfield ReManufacturing Corp.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs Star Site certification, E1591 [4NO]

St. Cloud, MN: tribute to St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E676 [12MY]

Stanislaus Farm Supply Inc.: Stanislaus County, CA, Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, E1609 [5NO]

Start-Up Day Across America: observance, H5473 [27JY]

Stockdale, Cailin: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E472 [13AP]

Stocking, Katie: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E469 [13AP]

Stone Hill Winery (business): anniversary of ownership by Jim and Betty Held, E998 [7JY]

Stopulos, Joe: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E473 [13AP]

Strategic Staffing Solutions (company): anniversary, E1606 [5NO]

Sugar Land, TX: tribute to Sugar Land Marriott Town Square, E521 [16AP]

Suncor Energy Inc.: Commerce City, CO, Business of the Year award recipient, E379 [23MR]

Taiwan: solidify a bilateral investment agreement with the U.S., E1439 [7OC]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (H.R. 978), H2129 [13AP]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (H.R. 1855), E512 [16AP]

——— allow employers an income tax credit as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students, H5160 [14JY]

——— allow short-term extension of increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets while comprehensive tax reform is under consideration and the extension does not result in increased deficit, H1049 [13FE]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 841), H5443 [23JY]

——— deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to those not authorized to work in the U.S. and terminate use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the taxpayer ID number application process (H.R. 192), E26 [7JA]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, E181 [10FE]

——— exempt aircraft management services from excise taxes imposed on transportation by air (H.R. 3608), E1671 [30NO]

——— exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes, H2277 [16AP]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, H14, H18, H21 [6JA], H56 [7JA]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H8973, H9001 [3DE], H9298 [11DE], H9310 [15DE], H9364–H9367, H9369–H9372 [16DE], H9378, H9379–H9434, H9679–H9684, H9685 [17DE], H10694 [18DE], E1818, E1821 [17DE], E1823, E1825, E1826, E1827–E1829, E1831, E1832, E1833, E1840, E1842 [18DE]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (H.R. 1046), E238 [24FE]

——— extend the renewable energy production tax credit, H6846 [7OC]

——— make extension of deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory contingent upon no increase in budget deficit, no delay in comprehensive tax reform, and disallowing tax benefits for inverted corporations, H1015 [12FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, H9280–H9282, H9292, H9293 [11DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 235), H3952–H3956 [9JN]

——— make research and development tax credit permanent, H9425 [17DE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries, H5209–H5213 [15JY]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund, H14, H18, H21, H22 [6JA], H56 [7JA]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H834 [5FE], H903 [10FE], H1001–H1017 [12FE], H1053 [13FE], H9001 [3DE], E206 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9210 [10DE], H9286–H9295 [11DE], E1814, E1817 [17DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration (H. Res. 101), H993–H1001 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 560), H9275–H9286 [11DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 305), H4227–H4236 [11JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to go to conference, H8838 [1DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to instruct conferees, H8846–H8849 [1DE], E1693 [2DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to recommit, H1015 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4264, H4271–H4335 [12JN], E911 [16JN], E935 [19JN]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), H834 [5FE], H991 [12FE], H1041–H1051, H1052, H1053 [13FE], E206 [12FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (H. Res. 101), H993–H1001 [12FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), motion to recommit, H1049 [13FE]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (H.R. 1901), H2671 [30AP]

——— provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (H.R. 2431), H3544 [21MY]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, H1003–H1008 [12FE], H2222 [15AP], H9001 [3DE]

——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods, H5208 [15JY]

——— provide for the taxation of marijuana (H.R. 1014), E227 [20FE]

——— provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (H.R. 1433), E363 [18MR]

——— rates, H415 [20JA], H1935, H2015, H2016 [25MR], H2118 [13AP], H2160 [14AP], H6970, H6971 [9OC], H9685, H9686 [17DE]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (H.R. 972), E211 [13FE]

——— reform international tax system, H1915 [25MR]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H114 [8JA], H994, H996 [12FE], H2200 [14AP], H9425 [17DE]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for oil companies (H.R. 3311), E1181 [29JY]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H7646 [4NO]

——— unfair perception of large bonuses paid to chief executive officers of corporations, H58 [7JA]

Taylor, Mike: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E473 [13AP]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness, H3672 [2JN]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3419–H3490 [20MY], E780 [21MY]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3321–H3329 [19MY]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to improve U.S. competitiveness, H3483–H3485 [20MY]

——— terrorist organizations use of social media, H1088 [24FE]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (H.R. 4167), H9006–H9008 [3DE]

Tennant Truck Lines, Inc.: tribute, E1 [6JA]

Texas: adoption of resolution to protect coastal borders and end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in sovereign waters, E1271 [11SE]

——— positive impact of free enterprise system, H3319 [19MY]

——— tribute to 20th Congressional District organizations recognized by White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics as Bright Spots in Hispanic Education, H7199 [27OC]

Thor Construction Inc.: anniversary, E265 [27FE]

3M Co.: inclusion on list of Thomson Reuters Corp., top innovative organizations, H8288 [18NO]

Tiernan, Kevin: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E474 [13AP]

Timberland Shoe Co.: tribute, H3650 [2JN]

Tomball, TX: anniversary of Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce, E1016 [8JY]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc.: tribute Georgetown, KY, manufacturing plant, H9092 [9DE]

——— tribute to Princeton, IN, manufacturing plant, H3318 [19MY]

Tracy, John: West Chamber (organization) Hall of Fame Award recipient, E1404 [1OC]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations, H7618, H7619 [3NO], H8997 [3DE]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H52 [7JA], H435, H440 [21JA], H588, H622–H626 [27JA], H708 [3FE], H763 [4FE], H1018, H1019 [12FE], H1046 [13FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3496–H3501 [20MY], H4779 [7JY], H5203, H5206 [15JY], H6825 [6OC], E788 [21MY]

——— require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (H.R. 1692), E446 [26MR]

Trenton, NJ: industrial history and current unemployment levels, H1019 [12FE]

Triumph Group, Inc.: Triumph Aerostructures-Vough Aircraft Division recipient of Georgia Dept. of Economic Development Large Manufacturer of the Year award, E773 [21MY]

Trucking industry: standardize State meal and rest break regulations for motor-carrier industry operators engaging in commerce, H7659–H7661 [4NO]

——— tribute, H3651 [2JN]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), H4563, H4564 [23JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding to restrict commercial import, export, and trade of certain African elephant ivory in the U.S., H4809, H4810 [7JY]

Unemployment: rates, H1912 [25MR]

——— rates relative to African Americans, H3299 [18MY]

——— rates relative to African-American women, H3300 [18MY]

U&S Services, Inc.: anniversary, E1041 [13JY]

Valdese Weavers Co.: anniversary, E1079 [16JY]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans, H2955 [13MY]

——— provide tax credit to encourage private employers to hire veterans and clarify reasonable efforts employers may make under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (H.R. 76), H6286 [28SE], E783 [21MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, H5317 [21JY], H5386–H5393 [22JY], H5458–H5463 [23JY], E1094 [21JY], E1115 [23JY], E1184 [29JY]

——— impact on economy, H5337, H5387–H5393 [22JY], H5458–H5463 [23JY]

——— repeal, H5300 [21JY]

Wal-Mart Inc.: St. James, MO, Wal-Mart Distribution Center Distribution Center of the Year award recipient, E822 [2JN]

Waterbury, CT: anniversary of Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, E377 [23MR]

Wayne Brothers Inc.: anniversary, E903 [16JN]

Wazee Partners (company): Wheat Ridge Business Association Mayor’s Partnership Award recipient, E1507 [22OC]

Weber, Mark: Institute for Excellence in Sales & Business Development Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1038 [10JY]

Weideman, William: Michigan Junior Achievement (organization) Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1452 [8OC]

Weiss, Jeremy: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E491 [14AP]

West Des Moines, IA: opening of Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels, E1690 [1DE]

Wheat Ridge, CO: Colorado ACTS Theatre recipient of Wheat Ridge Business Association Cultural Commission Award, E1510 [22OC]

——— La Fonda Mexican Restaurant (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Business Association City Council Partnership Award, E1508 [22OC]

White Castle Management Co.: tribute, E708 [14MY]

Willett, Brent: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E492 [14AP]

Willis, Jason: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E466 [13AP]

Wilson, NC: anniversary of SPC Mechanical (business), H5597 [29JY]

Winterset, IA: opening of 1st Avenue Collective, E1733 [8DE]

Women: address unemployment levels and workforce opportunities of African-American women, H1838 [23MR]

——— provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (H.R. 2800), H4496 [18JN], H7127 [22OC]

WorldKitchen, LLC: anniversary of Pyrex brand, E717 [15MY]

Wyandotte, MI: anniversay of BASF Corp., E1176 [29JY]

Yadkin Valley Motor Co.: anniversary, E1081 [16JY]

Ziggi’s Coffee (company): Commerce City, CO, Business on the Move award recipient, E382 [23MR]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (S. 2152), S8861, S8863 [18DE]

Agriculture: impact of country of origin labeling regulations on trade relations, S2324 [22AP]

——— require country of origin labeling requirements of food sold in the U.S., S3047 [19MY], S3100 [20MY], S3297 [22MY]

Air Force: allow private contractors to provide training for remotely piloted aircraft, S4013 [10JN]

Air pollution: create a point of order against any legislation that would create a tax or fee on carbon emissions, S1846, S1868, S1870 [25MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect against any legislation that would create a tax or fee on carbon emissions, S1989, S1990 [26MR]

——— impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S334 [21JA], S371 [22JA]

——— provide for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emission fees, S3445–S3447 [2JN]

Allison Transmission Inc.: anniversary, S6647 [15SE]

American Agri-Women (organization): anniversary, S7851 [9NO]

American Flatbread Co.: anniversary, S3451 [2JN]

Arctic regions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the construction of arctic polar icebreakers, S1884 [25MR]

——— implementation of national strategy for development, S1289–S1291 [4MR]

Armed Forces: make invalid and unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements relative to controversies arising under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and preserve rights to bring class actions (S. 2331), S8165 [19NO]

B. Green & Co., Inc.: anniversary, S4019 [10JN]

Bangladesh: anniversary of Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, S2394 [23AP]

——— call for garment brands that sold garments produced by Rana Plaza factories to ensure International Labor Organization compensation fund benefiting fire survivors and victims’ families reaches full funding level, S2394 [23AP]

Biloxi, MS: anniversary of Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Homes, S3453 [2JN]

BLM: streamline and reform drilling permit application process, S382, S394 [22JA]

Bloomington, IN: anniversary of Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, S2035 [26MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund (organization): establish (S. 2307), S8162–S8164 [19NO]

Boyd Gaming Corp.: anniversary, S829 [5FE]

Boyett Printing & Graphics, Inc.: tribute, S419 [22JA]

Bureau of the Census: extend authority to conduct the quarterly financial report program (H.R. 3116), S7171 [6OC]

Burton Snowboards (company): tribute, S734 [3FE]

Buy American Act: compliance, S3039 [19MY]

Candle-Lite Co.: anniversary, S4837 [8JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 94), S1256 [3MR]

Carson City, NV: anniversary of Carson City Chamber of Commerce, S4294 [18JN]

Children and youth: prohibit use of child labor in harvesting of cocoa beans, S2835 [13MY]

China: proposal to implement economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S6998 [29SE]

Climate: assessment of Republican Party Presidential candidates relative to views on climate change, S6066 [28JY], S6277 [4AU]

——— comparison between efforts of fossil fuel industry to discredit science behind climate change to efforts of tobacco industry to mislead public on the dangers of smoking, S7340–S7342 [20OC], S7536 [27OC]

——— denounce companies or organizations that have engaged in campaigns that deny and discredit the science behind climate change, S2666 [6MY], S7535 [27OC]

——— denounce companies that utilize ‘‘green washing’’ campaigns rather than implementing actual business practices that reduce carbon pollution, S1423 [11MR]

——— efforts of Kentucky to comply with EPA clean power plan and address climate change, S2152–S2154 [14AP], S7712 [3NO]

——— impact of climate change on Florida, S5196 [21JY], S7021 [30SE]

——— impact of climate change on Wisconsin, S1293–S1295 [4MR], S6066 [28JY]

——— impact of deforestation on global warming, S5916 [27JY]

——— impact of global warming on the economy, S3445–S3447 [2JN], S6098 [29JY]

——— importance of good climate policies of large corporations, S1580 [17MR], S1600 [18MR], S7151 [6OC], S8223–S8226 [1DE], S8477 [8DE], S8661–S8663 [15DE]

Coast Guard: strengthen authority to prevent and respond to the threat of damage from pollution of the sea by crude oil from oil drilling in foreign countries (S. 1999), S6391 [5AU]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships, S3042 [19MY], S7078 [1OC]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (S. 2222), S7807 [5NO]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): investigation into Takata Corp., airbag defects and vehicle recall process, S1471 [12MR]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): release of Innovation for Healthier Americans Report to improve innovation in cutting-edge treatments, drugs, and devices, S626–S629 [29JA]

Computers: improve cybersecurity in the U.S. to protect against and prevent cyber attacks, S233–S235 [16JA], S384–S386 [22JA]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, S186 [13JA], S230 [16JA], S266 [20JA]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (S. 128), S634 [29JA], S849 [9FE]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (S. 535), S1034 [23FE], S1037 [24FE], S2082–S2085 [26MR], S6884 [22SE]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 720), S8236 [1DE]

Consumers: allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites (S. 1359), S4983 [9JY]

Contracts: prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (S. 2044), S8539 [9DE], S8639 [14DE]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (S. 134), S102 [8JA], S3762 [4JN]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (S. 1890), S7250–S7253 [8OC]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 142), S107 [8JA], S8613 [10DE], S8877 [18DE]

Crime: prohibit and deter theft of metal, S4173, S4174 [16JN]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts, S1377 [10MR], S1458 [12MR], S1621–S1623 [18MR], S2295 [21AP], S2332, S2333 [22AP]

Cuba: allow the financing by U.S. persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba (S. 1049), S2353 [22AP]

CVS Health (company): tribute to commitment to reopen Baltimore, MD, store that burned during rioting and support for local community and displaced employees, S2703 [7MY]

CVS Health Corp.: tribute to decision to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce relative to Chamber’s efforts to fight antismoking laws in other countries, S4988 [13JY]

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: sunset, S7404 [21OC], S7509 [27OC]

Danforth Pewter (company): anniversary, S8789 [17DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: marketing grants funding, S2595 [4MY]

——— repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance, S7634 [29OC]

Dept. of Commerce: undertake certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and resiliency (S. 1935), S7206 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: assess proposal to privatize commissaries, S4084, S4085 [11JN], S4182 [16JN], S4228, S4246 [17JN]

——— limit use of Russian RD–180 rocket engine on military space launches, S4074 [11JN]

——— limit use of Russian RD–180 rocket engines on military space launches, S8694–S8697, S8699–S8701 [16DE]

——— placement of University of Phoenix on probationary and potential termination status relative to participation in the Tuition Assistance Program for active duty military personnel, S7553, S7571–S7574 [28OC], S7605–S7608 [29OC]

——— reform acquisition system, S3982 [10JN]

——— reform procurement process to ensure purchase of U.S. made goods, S3920 [9JN]

——— require contractors to disclose campaign contributions over a certain amount, S3765 [4JN]

——— submit report on foreign procurements to congressional defense committees detailing items purchased and reasons procured, S3920 [9JN]

Dept. of Education: add career and technical education as a core academic subject, S4914, S4915 [9JY]

——— allow schools, districts, nonprofits, and small businesses to develop proposals based on the specific needs of the community, S4671 [7JY]

——— encourage science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in elementary and secondary instruction and encourage STEM professional development, S6765 [16SE]

——— ensure student data handled by private companies is protected, S4992 [13JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools, S4928 [9JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (S. 1609), S4301 [18JN]

——— establish partnerships between schools, businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations to improve student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects, S4936 [9JY]

——— improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and require executives and owners to assume liability relative to for-profit colleges, S8448 [8DE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S1454–S1456 [12MR], S2446 [28AP], S2714 [7MY], S3907 [9JN], S5503 [23JY], S6252 [4AU], S6996 [29SE], S7761–S7767 [4NO], S8448 [8DE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions relative to the 90–10 rule and military and veterans’ education benefits, S2463–S2466 [28AP], S6252 [4AU]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (S. 1664), S7898 [10NO]

Dept. of Energy: authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from Coastal Plain in Alaska (S. 494), S989 [12FE]

——— discourage export of crude oil if exports increase U.S. energy prices or reliance on imported oil, S3740 [4JN]

——— provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (S. 33), S552 [28JA]

——— require approval or disapproval of liquified natural gas export applications upon completion of environmental review process, S3921 [9JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (S. 2172), S7275 [8OC]

——— require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (S. 821), S1667 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct automated privacy scrub in real time of irrelevant or erroneous data from cyber threat information, S7390 [21OC]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, S2835, S2841–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2899–S2901, S2903–S2906, S2914, S2919, S2946 [14MY], S3231 [21MY], S3285, S3286 [22MY], S4523, S4526 [23JN], S4572, S4609 [24JN], S8591 [10DE]

——— require entities that operate designated critical infrastructure to report cybersecurity intrusions that could result in catastrophic effects on public health, safety, economic security, or national security, S6338 [5AU], S7483 [26OC], S8854 [18DE]

——— review all cyber threat indicators and countermeasures in order to remove certain personal information, S7520 [27OC]

——— suspend employee travel to government conferences and symposiums until data on administration of the H–2A program is provided, S3209 [21MY]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S2911, S2915, S2926 [14MY], S2952, S2962, S2963, S3006 [18MY], S3014, S3052 [19MY], S3090, S3103 [20MY], S3219 [21MY], S3294 [22MY], S4291 [18JN], S4333 [22JN], S4523–S4533 [23JN], S4574, S4580, S4609 [24JN]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (S. 1003), S2296 [21AP]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (S. 1268), S2841–S2845 [13MY]

——— provide for youth jobs (S. 1506), S3917 [9JN], S4823 [8JY]

——— provide grants to States and local governments for summer and year-round employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth and for academic and occupational learning programs, S5112 [15JY], S5139, S5140 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (S. 1891), S6140 [29JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), S51 [7JA], S73–S79, S81–S85 [8JA], S121 [9JA], S678 [2FE]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), unanimous-consent agreement, S69 [8JA]

——— prohibit use of private collection agencies to collect tax debt, S8358 [3DE]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize elements to enhance safety, provide regulatory relief, streamline grant programs, and improve accountability and efficiency of oversight efforts (S. 1732), S5092 [15JY]

——— establish multimodal freight network, S5912–S5914 [27JY]

——— establish National Freight Program, S5482 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

——— maintain regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers, S8074 [18NO]

——— provide incentives to States to use private sector engineering companies for highway and bridge projects, S6154 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: grant authority to reinstate GI Bill benefits to veterans who have been enrolled in a for-profit college that has been shut down, S7766 [4NO]

——— investigate alleged mismanagement of procurement contracts, S3763 [4JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity, S6799 [17SE]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (S. 1858), S5530–S5533 [23JY]

Dover, VT: anniversary of Mount Snow ski resort, S1888 [25MR]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (S. 683), S1385 [10MR]

Ecology and environment: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relative to requirement that any environmental agreement signed with a foreign country not result in serious harm to U.S. economy, S1774 [24MR], S1964 [26MR]

——— manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, S6998 [29SE]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S1696 [23MR], S3733 [4JN], S4214 [17JN]

——— impact of changing workforce structure and on-demand economy, S4238–S4240 [17JN]

——— impact of Government regulations, S3448 [2JN], S4070–S4073 [11JN], S7709 [3NO]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S302 [21JA], S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S1105 [25FE], S1422 [11MR], S1678–S1680 [23MR], S1741, S1756 [24MR], S2191 [15AP], S2615 [5MY], S4821 [8JY], S6881 [22SE]

——— importance of job creation, S34–S36 [7JA], S155 [12JA], S312 [21JA], S1694 [23MR], S2769 [12MY], S6796 [17SE], S6836 [21SE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S36 [7JA], S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S874 [10FE], S1361–S1363 [10MR], S1565–S1567, S1573–S1575 [17MR], S1690–S1694 [23MR], S2428–S2430 [27AP], S2705–S2708 [7MY], S3846 [4JN], S4215–S4217 [17JN], S6283 [4AU]

Education: include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs, S5056 [14JY]

Elections: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to disclosure of campaign contributions by corporations, S1992 [26MR]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families, S2201, S2211 [15AP]

——— allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 497), S4108 [11JN], S5000 [13JY], S6269 [4AU], S7049 [30SE]

——— allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 497), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— 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 (S. 1772), S6253, S6269 [4AU]

——— 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 (S. 1772), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (S. 1542), S7077 [1OC]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (S. 1032), S2305 [21AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, S7075–S7078 [1OC]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 1902), S6189 [30JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, S7078 [1OC], S7806 [5NO]

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

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (S. 1564), S4108 [11JN]

EPA: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund authorizing Federal permitting for manufacturing and energy construction relative to ambient air quality standards, S1883 [25MR]

——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit any regulation reducing the reliability of electric power transmission grid, S1774 [24MR], S1964 [26MR]

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (S. 640), S1253 [3MR]

——— implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (S. 1914), S6191 [30JY]

——— impose carbon pollution fee and use proceeds to provide rebate to consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and regulate hydraulic fracturing, S4237 [17JN]

——— proposal to revise ozone standards, S5903 [27JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize, S3033, S3050, S3051, S3052 [19MY], S3091, S3103 [20MY], S3205, S3216 [21MY], S3288 [22MY], S3395 [1JN], S3635, S3654 [3JN], S3750, S3762 [4JN], S4004, S4012, S4013, S4015–S4018 [10JN], S4065, S4085, S4087 [11JN], S4172 [16JN], S4334 [22JN], S4534 [23JN], S4660 [7JY], S4921 [9JY], S5134, S5165 [16JY], S5189 [21JY], S5672–S5675 [24JY], S5701–S5708 [26JY], S5914–S5916 [27JY], S6100 [29JY], S6682 [16SE], S6836 [21SE], S6870–S6873 [22SE], S7076, S7077 [1OC], S7807–S7810 [5NO]

——— reauthorize and reform (S. 819), S3672–S3674 [3JN], S6666–S6668, S6669, S6674 [16SE], S6871 [22SE]

——— reauthorize and reform (S. 2183), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), S7444 [22OC], S7554–S7557, S7559, S7599 [28OC], S7602, S7612–S7614 [29OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), unanimous-consent request, S7613 [29OC]

——— reauthorize (S. 824), S3640, S3671 [3JN]

FAA: protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous operation of consumer drones (S. 1608), S4300 [18JN]

Factory Service Agency, Inc.: anniversary, S128 [9JA]

Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, S7678 [3NO]

FCC: limit authority to preempt laws of certain States relative to regulation of municipal broadband (S. 597), S1166 [26FE]

——— prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones, S7604, S7636 [29OC]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic, S747 [4FE], S1127–S1129, S1134, S1148 [26FE]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (S. 40), S60 [7JA]

——— restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices, S169 [13JA]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products, S2509–S2511 [29AP], S7580–S7583 [28OC]

——— impact of sequestration on enforcement of food safety regulations, S4172 [16JN]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (S. 1109), S2476 [28AP], S6851 [21SE]

——— require a notice and comment process for interpretative rules if there is a change to a previously issued rule (S. 1487), S3680 [3JN]

Financial institutions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ‘‘too big to fail’’ bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks, S2011 [26MR], S2200, S2208 [15AP]

——— impact of revising certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S7892 [10NO], S8287 [2DE]

——— improve accountability and transparency in the financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, and provide sensible relief to financial institutions (S. 1484), S5444 [22JY]

——— limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (S. 1709), S4689 [7JY]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates, S8335 [3DE]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults, S8561 [9DE]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, S8347 [3DE]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, S2235–S2237 [16AP]

——— 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, S7235 [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, S8182 [30NO], S8323, S8328, S8348 [3DE], S8430 [7DE]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows, S7116 [5OC], S7228, S7238–S7241 [8OC]

——— obligate gun dealers to use a prohibited person background check for every firearm sale or transfer, S6452 [8SE], S7147–S7149 [6OC], S7238–S7241 [8OC]

Fish and fishing: strengthen mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in Eastern Pacific Ocean (H.R. 774), S7407 [21OC]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (S. Res. 166), S2608, S2609 [4MY]

Foreign trade: ensure competitive opportunities for U.S. exports of fish, seafood, and shellfish products in foreign markets, S3230 [21MY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2663 [6MY], S2700, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2743 [11MY], S2767–S2772, S2779–S2792 [12MY], S2815–S2819, S2821, S2826, S2834–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2902, S2906, S2908–S2922, S2926 [14MY], S2951–S2964, S2966–S2968, S3006 [18MY], S3009, S3014–S3053 [19MY], S3089–S3100, S3103, S3104, S3106–S3109, S3112 [20MY], S3202–S3207, S3209–S3213, S3216, S3219–S3223, S3225–S3231 [21MY], S3253, S3255–S3259, S3261–S3263, S3265–S3270, S3272, S3277, S3279–S3283, S3285–S3288, S3290–S3299 [22MY], S4010 [10JN], S4066–S4068 [11JN], S4282–S4287, S4291 [18JN], S4333 [22JN], S4523–S4533, S4535–S4539 [23JN], S4557, S4574, S4579, S4590, S4608 [24JN], S4620, S4628 [25JN], S4934 [9JY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (S. 995), S2190, S2203 [15AP], S2283 [21AP], S2312–S2315, S2317, S2321–S2323 [22AP], S2361, S2374–S2377, S2380, S2392 [23AP], S2491 [29AP], S2611, S2627 [5MY]

——— facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S2901, S2919 [14MY], S3228, S3229 [21MY], S8591 [10DE]

——— impact of tobacco industry in developing countries, S4575 [24JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, and environmental protections, S1142–S1148 [26FE]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, and human rights, S2374–S2377 [23AP]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy and job creation, S1486–S1489 [12MR], S1592, S1594–S1596 [18MR], S2096–S2098 [13AP], S2261 [20AP], S2321–S2323 [22AP], S2764 [11MY], S2769, S2780, S2783 [12MY], S3029 [19MY], S3097 [20MY], S3204 [21MY], S4528, S4531 [23JN]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S2902 [14MY], S3098 [20MY]

——— prohibit foreign companies from selling subsidized goods in the U.S., S3052 [19MY]

——— require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include requirements relative to paying adequate wages and maintaining sustainable production methods, S4574 [24JN]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 132), S101 [8JA]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (S. 1565), S4109 [11JN]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission, S5443 [22JY]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau establishment of a qualified mortgage option for certain loans eligible for purchase by Federal Home Loan Banks (S. 1974), S6389 [5AU]

FTC: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry, S2010 [26MR]

——— prohibit companies from reselling student data, using student data or profiles for advertising purposes, and ensure proper encryption to protect student data from cyber theft, S4995, S4996 [13JY]

Government: prohibit agencies and contractors from requesting criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (S. 2021), S6606–S6608 [10SE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (S. 189), S560 [28JA]

Government-sponsored enterprises: reform, S5443 [22JY]

Grand Forks, ND: anniversary of Edgewood Corporate Plaza Building, S7121 [5OC]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S2262 [20AP]

Hammond, LA: tribute to Helm Paint & Decorating (business), S1659 [19MR]

Health: preserve freedom and choice in health care (S. 1016), S3218 [21MY]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (S. 320), S657 [29JA]

Henderson, NV: anniversary of Henderson Chamber of Commerce, S6603 [10SE]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1058), S2354 [22AP]

Immigration: extend and improve EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (S. 1501), S3682 [3JN], S7207 [7OC], S8151 [19NO], S8753 [17DE]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S824–S826 [5FE]

——— reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program, S811 [5FE], S8752–S8755 [17DE]

——— reform H–1B nonimmigrant worker visa program, S1083 [24FE]

——— reform H–2B seasonal nonimmigrant worker visa program, S8717 [16DE]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, S1155 [26FE]

Information technology: develop strategy on development and deployment of the Internet of Things to maximize promise of connected technologies and promote economic growth and consumer empowerment (S. Res. 110), S1832 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity, S1864 [25MR]

——— improve cybersecurity, S828 [5FE], S5912 [27JY], S6765 [16SE]

Infrastructure: improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1696, S1698, S1701–S1703 [23MR], S1742, S1748–S1750 [24MR], S2205 [15AP], S2625 [5MY]

Insurance: 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 (S. 1697), S4652 [25JN]

Intelligence services: clarify definitions of ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ and ‘‘cyber threat indicator’’, S7496 [26OC], S7509 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S3978, S3979, S3992–S3994, S3996–S3998, S4006–S4010 [10JN], S4063, S4065, S4077, S4085, S4087, S4090 [11JN], S4190 [16JN], S4224 [17JN], S4272 [18JN], S8854 [18DE]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 456), S7390 [21OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S4557, S4558 [24JN], S7327–S7340 [20OC], S7368, S7374, S7376–S7379, S7381, S7383–S7398, S7404, S7407 [21OC], S7427, S7430–S7435, S7452 [22OC], S7479, S7481–S7484, S7486, S7496 [26OC], S7497–S7505, S7507–S7512, S7518–S7522 [27OC], S7551, S7557 [28OC], S7802 [5NO], S8197, S8198 [1DE]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6228 [3AU], S6247, S6249–S6251, S6257–S6264, S6266, S6267, S6270–S6272, S6278 [4AU], S6327–S6331, S6337–S6339, S6342–S6344 [5AU]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), unanimous-consent agreement, S7407 [21OC], S7439 [22OC], S7508 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), unanimous-consent request, S4086 [11JN], S6266 [4AU], S7336 [20OC], S7407 [21OC]

——— ensure personally identifiable information is stripped out of shared cybersecurity information if the entities reasonably believe the information is not related to a cyber threat, S6271 [4AU], S7387 [21OC], S7430 [22OC], S7486 [26OC], S7502–S7505 [27OC]

——— prohibit Freedom of Information Act exemption relative to enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S7507 [27OC]

——— prohibit liability immunity from applying to private entities that break user or privacy agreements with customers, S7435 [22OC]

——— prohibit trafficking of financial information, increase penalties for intrusion on critical infrastructure, and remove botnets, S7388, S7389 [21OC]

——— provide liability protection to businesses that share cybersecurity threats with FBI or the Secret Service rather than just Dept. of Homeland Security, S7511, S7519–S7521 [27OC]

——— require telecommunications and Internet service providers to report suspected terrorist activity, S6068 [28JY]

International law: use of investor-state dispute settlement by corporations to challenge foreign countries health and safety measures, S1141, S1143, S1144 [26FE]

Internet Governance Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 71), S842 [5FE]

Iran: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to pay claims from sanctions revenue to U.S. citizens held hostage in Iran and their families, S1979, S1998, S1999 [26MR]

——— 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 (S. 868), S7751 [4NO]

Iron and steel industry: economic impact of antidumping and countervailing duties imposed by China on U.S. grain-oriented electrical steel exports, S3228 [21MY]

——— impact of foreign countries dumping steel produced from oil country tubular goods on domestic steel industry, S2901, S2919 [14MY]

Israel: promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel, S2627 [5MY]

Jamaica: promotion of economic development through Jamaican Diaspora Conference, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, S4294 [18JN]

Johnson City, TN: anniversary of Johnson City Chamber of Commerce, S236 [16JA], S274 [20JA]

Kansas City Kansas Community College: tribute to Innovation Center 100 Garages initiative to support innovation and entrepreneurship, S7409 [21OC]

King Arthur Flour Co., Inc.: anniversary, S7092 [1OC]

L. Mason Capitani, Inc./CORFAC International: anniversary, S6460 [8SE]

Labor unions: address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs occurring at U.S. ports (S. 1519), S4243, S4254 [17JN], S5510 [23JY]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Healthe Habits for Living (business), S7410 [21OC]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (S. 1377), S3068 [19MY]

Lehman, John F.: National Defense Industrial Association Gold Medal recipient, S6801 [17SE]

Mandeville, LA: tribute to Painting With a Twist (business), S3775 [4JN]

Marucci Sports (company): tribute, S2039 [26MR]

Miller Brewing Co.: anniversary, S6973 [28SE]

Minimum wage: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting a substantial increase, S1983 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow States to raise the minimum wage above the Federal level, S2006 [26MR]

——— increase, S4821 [8JY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (S. 1150), S2572 [30AP], S2928 [14MY], S5000 [13JY], S6269 [4AU], S6345 [5AU], S7049 [30SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the median wage (S. 1150), unanimous-consent request, S6345 [5AU]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), S7052 [30SE]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (S. 2254), S7817–S7819 [5NO]

Montana: tribute to award-winning small breweries, S7217 [7OC]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (S. 304), S655, S656 [29JA], S2423 [27AP], S2487, S2488 [28AP]

——— extend regulations relative to vehicle recalls to used car dealers, S7150 [6OC], S7483 [26OC]

——— investigation into Takata Corp., airbag defects and vehicle recall process, S655, S656 [29JA], S2423 [27AP]

NAFTA: economic impact, S2096 [13AP]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (S. Res. 258), S6949 [24SE]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (S. Res. 225), S6087 [28JY]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (S. Res. 314), S8175 [19NO]

National Forest Products Week: observance, S7456–S7459 [22OC]

National Manufacturing Day: observance, S7075–S7078, S7095 [1OC]

National Small Business Week: observance, S2635 [5MY], S3181, S3182 [20MY]

——— observance (S. Res. 172), S2697 [6MY]

National Travel and Tourism Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 170), S2697 [6MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (S. Res. 295), S7477 [22OC]

National Women’s Small Business Month: designate (S. Res. 280), S7224 [7OC]

Navy: report on potential impact of delaying overhaul of U.S.S. George Washington, S4222 [17JN]

Nepal: provide nonsensitive exports duty-free treatment in the U.S. market, S3286 [22MY]

New Orleans, LA: tribute to Cook Me Somethin’ Mister! (business), S7410 [21OC]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, S8872 [18DE]

——— reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (S. 928), S6986, S6994 [29SE], S7061, S7064, S7072 [1OC], S7444 [22OC], S8073 [18NO], S8526 [9DE]

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (S. 288), S600 [28JA], S1238 [3MR]

Northwest Arkansas Council: anniversary, S4948 [9JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S304–S306 [21JA]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S3434 [2JN], S6334 [5AU], S7708 [3NO]

——— fast-track trade promotion authority, S1193 [27FE], S1592, S1594–S1596 [18MR]

——— State of the Union Message, S309 [21JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (S. 1112), S2477, S2478 [28AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: make the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center permanent and create a Chief Manufacturing Negotiator (S. 758), S1587 [17MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of oil spills, S323 [21JA]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects, S188 [13JA]

——— oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects (S. 280), S2676, S2677 [6MY]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: impact of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Action Plan on U.S. and international tax strategies, S5155–S5157 [16JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable (S. 1402), S3187 [20MY]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (S. 1137), S2499, S2532–S2539 [29AP], S4591 [24JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S6119 [29JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6087 [28JY], S6089 [29JY], S6437–S6451, S6453–S6455 [8SE], S6477–S6525 [9SE], S6544–S6596 [10SE], S6615–S6644 [15SE], S6661–S6666, S6668–S6676, S6679–S6689 [16SE], S6773–S6785 [17SE], S6868–S6870, S6883, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6920, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S7380 [21OC]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent agreement, S6342 [5AU], S6543, S6581 [10SE], S6643 [15SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent request, S6442 [8SE], S6543 [10SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S34 [7JA], S5566–S5677 [24JY], S5701–S5710 [26JY], S5893, S5895–S5900, S5907–S5910, S5912–S5919, S5921, S5922 [27JY], S6045–S6056, S6058, S6062–S6066 [28JY], S6089, S6091, S6098–S6102, S6104–S6108, S6113–S6116, S6122–S6125 [29JY], S6147, S6149, S6153–S6162, S6166, S6181, S6205 [30JY], S6370 [5AU], S7183–S7185 [7OC], S7557 [28OC], S7631 [29OC], S7802–S7804, S7807–S7810 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8227 [1DE], S8335, S8357–S8369 [3DE], S8428 [7DE], S8565 [10DE], S8660 [15DE], S8758, S8759 [17DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), House amendment, S7881–S7886 [10NO], S8072 [18NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, S7884–S7887 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5181–S5184, S5186–S5191, S5194 [21JY], S5431, S5432, S5438–S5441, S5444–S5447, S5451 [22JY], S5477–S5484, S5486–S5500, S5506 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), unanimous-consent agreement, S5702 [26JY], S7881–S7883 [10NO], S8353 [3DE]

——— allow individuals to maintain health insurance coverage that existed prior to 2014, S8254, S8255, S8264–S8275 [2DE], S8327, S8342 [3DE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees, S2683 [6MY]

——— ensure that individuals can keep health insurance coverage, S8355 [3DE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S1970 [26MR]

——— impact of implementation on small business, S3982–S3984 [10JN]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S321 [21JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), S70–S73 [8JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 30), S17 [6JA], S321, S322 [21JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 1624), S7084 [1OC]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, S8344 [3DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2045), S7248 [8OC], S7977 [17NO], S8535–S8538 [9DE]

——— repeal mandate requiring certain employers to automatically enroll full-time employees in health plans, S7610 [29OC]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate, S2156 [14AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 143), S3921 [9JN]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (S. 1631), S7256 [8OC]

Perez, Beatriz R.: Canadian American Business Council Canadian-American Business Achievement Award recipient, S8156 [19NO]

Pharmaceuticals: condemn and call for investigation of pharmaceutical companies purchasing rights of existing drugs and drastically increasing the price of such drugs, S7118 [5OC]

——— ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (S. 2023), S6997, S6998 [29SE]

Pineville, LA: tribute to Harlow’s Donut and Bakery (business), S8792 [17DE]

Political campaigns: call for public financing of elections, S6256, S6257 [4AU]

——— clarify treatment of certain coordinated political action committee expenditures as contributions to candidates (S. 1838), S5459 [22JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S518 [27JA]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 229), S349 [21JA]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform (S. 2051), S6811–S6815 [17SE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (S. 822), S1667 [19MR]

——— importance of energy innovation, S8139 [19NO]

——— prohibit export of crude oil, bitumen, or refined petroleum products transported into the U.S. by the Keystone XL Pipeline, S183, S186 [13JA], S224, S228 [16JA], S253, S256–S258, S260, S265 [20JA], S302 [21JA], S506 [27JA]

Pratt & Whitney (company): anniversary, S5454 [22JY], S5682 [24JY]

Privacy: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect consumer personal information from data breaches, S1974 [26MR]

——— prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1158), S2577 [30AP], S2751 [11MY], S6267 [4AU], S7396 [21OC]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security, S8186 [30NO], S8429 [7DE]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), S2744 [11MY], S2822–S2825 [13MY], S2898, S2901, S2947 [14MY], S3005 [18MY], S3009, S3012, S3013, S3031 [19MY], S3113–S3175 [20MY], S3340 [31MY], S3373–S3376, S3379–S3381, S3386–S3397 [1JN], S3419–S3445, S3447 [2JN], S3635, S3651–S3654 [3JN], S6271 [4AU]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (S. 1123), S2479 [28AP], S2612 [5MY], S2708–S2712 [7MY], S2772–S2779 [12MY]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), motion to proceed, S3201, S3207–S3209 [21MY], S3253, S3255, S3261, S3270, S3273–S3275, S3278, S3283–S3285, S3299, S3300, S3302–S3304 [22MY], S3314, S3315 [23MY], S3324–S3340 [31MY]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), unanimous-consent request, S3030 [19MY], S3314 [23MY], S3389 [1JN]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (S. 177), S183 [13JA]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, S3429 [2JN]

——— require notification of information security breaches and enhance penalties for cyber criminals (S. 1027), S2304 [21AP]

——— require operators that provide online and similar services to educational agencies or institutions to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (S. 1788), S5912 [27JY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1084), S2405 [23AP]

Pullman Historic District: establish as a national monument, S909 [11FE]

ReactWell, L.L.C.: tribute, S5169 [16JY]

Reid and Whitehouse, Senators: characterization of remarks relative to efforts by Coca-Cola Co., to address climate change and reduce carbon emissions, S1600 [18MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, S4536 [23JN]

Roth, Katie: Business Record (publication) Woman Business Owner of the Year award recipient, S6459 [8SE]

Samuel Shapiro & Co., Inc.: anniversary, S5513 [23JY]

SBA: anniversary of Small Business Development Center network (S. Res. 243), S6469 [8SE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase the guarantee threshold for the surety bonds guarantee program, S1967 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to raise the limit a ‘‘family of funds’’ can borrow with a Small Business Investment Company Program guarantee, S1967 [26MR]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 1266), S2761 [11MY]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), S5558 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

SEC: enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (S. 1730), S4956 [9JY]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (S. 1960), S6386 [5AU]

——— repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (S. 1722), S4930 [9JY]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (S. 2410), S8795 [17DE]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (S. 702), S1440 [11MR]

——— provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, S74–S77, S81–S85 [8JA]

Senate: tribute to Members who worked on extending certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S8693 [16DE]

Senate Competitiveness Caucus: establish, S4100 [11JN]

Senior citizens: provide training for financial services personnel to identify potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens and liability protection for such individuals who disclose such examples (S. 2216), S7595 [28OC]

Seventh Generation, Inc.: tribute, S6644 [15SE]

Six C Fabrication, Inc.: tribute, S5516 [23JY]

Small Business Saturday: observance (S. Res. 304), S7728 [3NO]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud, S4126 [15JN], S8208 [1DE]

Space policy: facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), S7954 [10NO], S7991 [17NO]

——— promote competitiveness of U.S. commercial space sector (S. 1297), S6323–S6325 [4AU], S7584 [28OC]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (S. 786), S4108 [11JN]

——— prevent disability fraud (S. 1929), S6298 [4AU]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (H.R. 2775), S4192 [16JN]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (S. 15), S2951 [18MY]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S365 [21JA], S409 [22JA], S6881 [22SE], S8061 [18NO]

Sustainable Lumber Co.: tribute, S6804 [17SE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 141), S2277 [20AP]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (S. 397), S836 [5FE]

——— allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (S. 987), S2249 [16AP]

——— deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations (S. 413), S860 [9FE]

——— disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (S. 169), S204 [13JA]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S815 [5FE]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 698), S8648–S8650 [15DE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, S2009 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend certain expiring tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1875 [25MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently increase small business expensing allowance, S1991 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent U.S. jobs from moving overseas by reducing the corporate tax rate, S2005 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S., S1972, S1984 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide tax benefits to employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits and eliminate tax benefits for corporations that ship jobs overseas, S1990 [26MR]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (S. 959), S2222 [15AP]

——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (S. 1179), S2600 [4MY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers, S1881 [25MR]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 1127), S2532 [29AP]

——— extend and reform biodiesel tax incentives (S. 2353), S8380 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S8624 [14DE], S8647, S8648, S8659 [15DE], S8690–S8702, S8713–S8715, S8717–S8723 [16DE], S8733, S8739–S8742, S8750–S8752, S8761, S8773–S8776, S8789–S8791 [17DE], S8838, S8850–S8859, S8866, S8869–S8871, S8874 [18DE]

——— extend certain solar and wind energy tax credits, S8581 [10DE], S8659 [15DE], S8690, S8714 [16DE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S528 [27JA], S572 [28JA], S7202–S7204 [7OC]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (S. 1656), S8579 [10DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 235), S4533 [23JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (S. 431), S4192 [16JN], S8648–S8650 [15DE]

——— modify and permanently extend qualified zone academy bonds to facilitate school renovation and construction and treat such bonds as specified tax credit bonds (S. 1753), S5010 [13JY]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (S. 266), S629–S633 [29JA]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (S. 1516), S3779 [4JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S2255 [16AP], S2261 [20AP], S2835, S2841–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2899–S2901, S2903–S2906, S2914, S2919, S2946 [14MY], S3231 [21MY], S3285, S3286 [22MY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, S8591 [10DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), House amendment, S4523, S4526 [23JN], S4572, S4584, S4609 [24JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), unanimous-consent agreement, S2834 [13MY], S4554 [23JN], S4579, S4583 [24JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (S. 930), S2174, S2175 [14AP]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), S2255 [16AP], S2261 [20AP]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, S7731 [3NO]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (S. 1486), S3641 [3JN]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, S566 [28JA], S2189 [15AP], S5498 [23JY], S6911–S6913 [24SE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (S. 1548), S4031 [10JN], S4232–S4235, S4237 [17JN], S4571 [24JN], S6998 [29SE], S7151 [6OC]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (S. 1186), S2601 [4MY]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies, S1882 [25MR]

——— provide for special treatment of the research credit for certain startup companies (S. 455), S7076 [1OC]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 1737), S7256 [8OC]

——— provide refundable credit for costs associated with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (S. 1023), S2304 [21AP]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses, S8750–S8752 [17DE]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1141), S2571 [30AP]

——— rates, S2641 [5MY]

——— reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products (S. 1129), S2551 [30AP]

——— reform international tax system, S6062 [28JY], S6350 [5AU], S7728–S7731 [3NO]

——— reform partnership audits rules, S7636 [29OC]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S619 [29JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (S. 155), S552, S553 [28JA]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (S. 1687), S4650 [25JN]

——— review of tax expenditures, S1886 [25MR]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (S. 2068), S6896 [22SE]

Telecommunications: require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies, S1452 [12MR]

Terrorism: require reporting by technology companies of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives (S. 2372), S8497 [8DE]

TransCanada Pipelines LTD.: preserve existing Keystone XL Pipeline permits and the authority of agencies issuing permits to modify the permits if necessary, S512 [27JA], S636 [29JA]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: treatment of tobacco under investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S6163 [30JY], S7069 [1OC], S7116 [5OC]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S86 [8JA], S388 [22JA], S520 [27JA], S874 [10FE], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S7087–S7089 [1OC], S7629–S7632 [29OC]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit passage of trade agreements that weaken domestic financial regulations, S3112 [20MY]

——— prohibit use of fast-track trade promotion authority for any free trade agreement or investment treaty if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S3031–S3034 [19MY], S3106 [20MY], S3259 [22MY]

2 Sisters’ Salsa Co.: tribute, S7410 [21OC]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), S4979 [9JY]

Unemployment: youth and young adult unemployment rate, S3917 [9JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: U.S. appeals court ruling on surveillance and metadata collection, S2822 [13MY]

Volkswagen AG (company): use of software to deceive motor vehicle emissions tests, S6877 [22SE], S6924 [24SE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, S5058 [14JY], S5197 [21JY], S5448–S5451 [22JY], S5504–S5506 [23JY]

——— impact on economy, S5198 [21JY], S5442–S5444 [22JY], S5504–S5506 [23JY], S8136 [19NO], S8286–S8289 [2DE]

Water: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect privately held water rights and permits, S1862 [25MR], S2002 [26MR]

Wetland Resources LLC: tribute, S8792 [17DE]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 1599), S4252 [17JN], S5474, S5475 [22JY]

——— provide anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, S6340 [5AU]

Reports

Change the Definition of ‘‘Full-Time’’ to 40 Hours Per Week: Congressional Research Service, H118 [8JA]

End User Exemptions for Certain Derivative Sales: Committee on Agriculture (House) (excerpt), H68, H77–H79 [7JA], H352–H354 [13JA]

Link Between Economic Competitiveness & Workplace Equal Opportunity in Florida: Equality Florida (organization) (excerpt), E483 [14AP]

Reports filed

Alternative Tax Liability Limitation Increase for Certain Small Insurance Companies: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 905) (S. Rept. 114–16), S2171 [14AP]

America COMPETES Reauthorization Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1806) (H. Rept. 114–107), H2820 [8MY], H3211 [14MY]

American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1992) (H. Rept. 114–236), H5762 [29JY]

America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 636) (H. Rept. 114–21), H865 [9FE]

Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 995), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 995) (S. Rept. 114–42), S2793 [12MY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1890) (H. Rept. 114–100), H2790 [1MY]

Bonus Depreciation Modification and Make Permanent: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2510) (H. Rept. 114–317), H7331 [28OC]

Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1265) (H. Rept. 114–56), H2151 [13AP]

Bureau of the Census Authority To Conduct the Quarterly Financial Report Program Extension: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1868) (S. Rept. 114–157), S7470 [22OC]

Bureau of the Census Quarterly Financial Report Program Authority Extension: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3116) (H. Rept. 114–237), H5762 [29JY]

CFTC Specification of How Clearing Requirements Apply to Certain Affiliate Transactions: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 114–311), H7188 [26OC]

——— Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 114–311), H8238 [16NO]

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 142) (S. Rept. 114–12), S2110 [13AP]

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2289) (H. Rept. 114–134), H3581 [29MY]

Communicating Lender Activity Reports From the Small Business Administration (CLEAR SBA) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 967), S4021 [10JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act and Senate Amendments to H.R. 2250, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 560) (H. Rept. 114–378), H9269 [10DE]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act and H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 19) (H. Rept. 114–1), H103 [7JA]

Consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 539) (H. Rept. 114–353), H8644 [30NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 114–359), H8859 [1DE]

Consideration of H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 27) (H. Rept. 114–2), H223 [12JA]

Consideration of H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act and H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 78) (H. Rept. 114–14), H754 [3FE]

Consideration of H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, and H.R. 644, America Gives More Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 101) (H. Rept. 114–23), H915 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 650, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act and H.R. 685, Mortgage Choice Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 189) (H. Rept. 114–65), H2151 [13AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 114–313), H7188 [26OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act and H.R. 3189, Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization (FORM) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 529) (H. Rept. 114–341), H8279 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 114–128), H3386 [19MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act and H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 212) (H. Rept. 114–88), H2353 [21AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act and H.R. 511, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 526) (H. Rept. 114–340), H8239 [16NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 114–120), H3308 [18MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2048, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2262, Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act and H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 273) (H. Rept. 114–127), H3386 [19MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 114–136), H3756 [2JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3457, Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 449) (H. Rept. 114–273), H6748 [30SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Trade Act and Senate Amendments to H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 114–146), H4134 [10JN]

Consumer Review Freedom Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2044) (S. Rept. 114–175), S8492 [8DE]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1562) (H. Rept. 114–72), H2208 [14AP]

Cotton Futures Contracts Definition Modification Under the U.S. Cotton Futures Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2620) (H. Rept. 114–174), H4591 [23JN]

Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1599), S5169 [16JY]

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 754), S1585 [17MR]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 754) (S. Rept. 114–32), S2220 [15AP]

Dept. of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1158) (H. Rept. 114–124), H3386 [19MY]

Dept. of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1268), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1268) (S. Rept. 114–44), S2793 [12MY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1892) (H. Rept. 114–108), H2820 [8MY]

Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1525) (H. Rept. 114–279), H6834 [6OC]

Ease Burden of Federal Tax Compliance on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Electrify Africa Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2152), S7814 [5NO]

——— Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2152) (S. Rept. 114–176), S8492 [8DE]

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 601) (H. Rept. 114–59), H2151 [13AP]

Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 720) (S. Rept. 114–130), S6532 [9SE]

E-Warranty Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1359) (S. Rept. 114–77), S4685 [7JY]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3154) (H. Rept. 114–243), H5846 [8SE]

Federal Permitting Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 280) (S. Rept. 114–113), S6294 [4AU]

Fighting Hunger Incentive Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 644) (H. Rept. 114–18), H865 [9FE]

Financial Regulatory Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1484), S3455 [2JN]

Hire More Heroes Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 22) (S. Rept. 114–3), S981 [12FE]

HUBZone Revitalization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1292), S4021 [10JN]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1334), S6073 [28JY]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1334) (S. Rept. 114–166), S7912 [10NO]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 774) (H. Rept. 114–212), H5297 [20JY]

Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2064) (H. Rept. 114–203), H5171 [14JY]

Innovation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 114–235), H5762 [29JY]

IRS Processing of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Applications for Tax-Exempt Status Submitted by ‘‘Political Advocacy’’ Organizations From 2010–2013: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–119), S6379 [5AU]

Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to Transportation Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3350) (H. Rept. 114–296), H7026 [20OC]

Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 284) (H. Rept. 114–38), H1635 [13MR]

Microloan Modernization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1857), S6651 [15SE]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2670) (H. Rept. 114–188), H4768 [25JN]

Mortgage Choice Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 685) (H. Rept. 114–54), H2151 [13AP]

Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 304) (S. Rept. 114–13), S2110 [13AP]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 114–347), H8409 [19NO]

Permanent Active Financing Exception Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 961) (H. Rept. 114–307), H7173 [23OC]

Permanent CFC Look-Through Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1430) (H. Rept. 114–309), H7173 [23OC]

Permanent Reduced Tax Recognition Period for Built-in Gains for S Corporations: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 114–15), H865 [9FE]

Permanent Tax Rules Regarding Basis Adjustments to Stock of S Corporations Making Charitable Contributions of Property: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 630) (H. Rept. 114–16), H865 [9FE]

Philanthropic Enterprise Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 909) (S. Rept. 114–20), S2171 [14AP]

Policyholder Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1478) (H. Rept. 114–338), H8239 [16NO]

Port Performance Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1298) (S. Rept. 114–164), S7814 [5NO]

Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1210) (H. Rept. 114–330), H8238 [16NO]

Preclearance Authorization Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 998) (S. Rept. 114–180), S8684 [15DE]

——— Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 998) (H. Rept. 114–219), H5401 [22JY]

Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 650) (H. Rept. 114–53), H2151 [13AP]

Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1137), S6466 [8SE]

Protecting Cyber Networks Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1560) (H. Rept. 114–63), H2151 [13AP]

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3459) (H. Rept. 114–355), H8859 [1DE]

Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1839) (H. Rept. 114–281), H6834 [6OC]

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act: Committee on Financial Services (H.R. 1737) (H. Rept. 114–329), H8238 [16NO]

Research and Development Efficiency Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1119) (H. Rept. 114–121), H3386 [19MY]

Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 765) (H. Rept. 114–306), H7173 [23OC]

Retail Investor Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1090) (H. Rept. 114–304), H7137 [22OC]

SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1480) (H. Rept. 114–62), H2151 [13AP]

SBA Authorization Levels for General Business Loans Establishment: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1001), S4021 [10JN]

SCORE for Small Business Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1000), S4021 [10JN]

SEC Reporting Modernization Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3032) (H. Rept. 114–337), H8239 [16NO]

Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1508) (H. Rept. 114–153), H4381 [15JN]

Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2262) (H. Rept. 114–119), H3308 [18MY]

Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 285) (H. Rept. 114–8), H637 [27JA]

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 114–116), H3250 [15MY]

Tax Relief Extension Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1946) (S. Rept. 114–118), S6379 [5AU]

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 644) (H. Rept. 114–376), H9204 [9DE]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1269), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1269) (S. Rept. 114–45), S2849 [13MY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1907) (H. Rept. 114–114), H3211 [14MY]

Truth in Settlements Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1109) (S. Rept. 114–76), S4685 [7JY]

U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1297) (S. Rept. 114–88), S5455 [22JY]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 50) (H. Rept. 114–11), H702 [2FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2048) (H. Rept. 114–109), H2820 [8MY]

Veterans Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 957), S4021 [10JN]

——— Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2499) (H. Rept. 114–187), H4768 [25JN]

Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1400), S6651 [15SE]

Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1866), S6651 [15SE]

West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2168) (H. Rept. 114–274), H6748 [30SE]

Workforce Investment System Reform and Strengthening: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1124), S2472 [28AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Defend Trade Secrets Act: Intellectual Property Owners Association, S7253 [8OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7230 [27OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (H. Res. 450), H7183 [26OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (H. Res. 450)—motion to discharge, H7178 [26OC]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7503 [27OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY]

Statements

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H3779 [3JN], H3935 [9JN]

Examining the Export-Import Bank’s Reauthorization Request and the Government’s Role in Export Financing: Michael P. Boyle, Boyle Energy Services & Technology, Inc., S3671 [3JN]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Several Senators, S2683 [6MY]

Goods Movement Coalition Applauds Commerce Freight Policy, Calls for Freight Funding: Elaine Nessle, Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors, S5913 [27JY]

Impact of Foreign Trade Agreements on Economy and Job Creation: John Barto, H2450 [23AP]

In Support of Prosperity and Growth—Financial Sector Statement on Climate Change: Several Financial Institutions, S7152 [6OC], S8479 [8DE]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Executive Office of the President, H8659 [1DE]

Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act: Executive Office of the President, H8295 [18NO]

Restoring Full-Time to Forty Hours: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S462 [26JA]

Retail Investor Protection Act: Several Organizations, H7234 [27OC]

State-Based Solution to Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper, H3611 [1JN]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: Several Corporations, S8479 [8DE]

University of Phoenix Endorsement: Andrew Workman, S7573 [28OC]

——— Jim Wallace, S7574 [28OC]

——— Ryan Zulkoski, S7573 [28OC]

Who’s the Boss? The ‘‘Joint Employer’’ Standard, American Small Businesses and Employment Growth: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S853 [9FE]

Summaries

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8359 [3DE]

Innovation for Healthier Americans Report: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S627 [29JA]

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 97), E15–E18 [6JA]

Synopses

Letters of support for Inhofe/Mikulski amendment to H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, on assessing proposal to privatize commissaries, S4085 [11JN]

Tables

Merchandise trade balance with free trade agreement countries, H4522 [18JN]

Virginia companies financed by Eximbank, S3091 [20MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 19, consideration of H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act and H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act, H115 [8JA]

H. Res. 27, consideration of H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act, and H.R. 240, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H237 [13JA]

H. Res. 78, consideration of H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act and H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H767 [4FE]

H. Res. 101, consideration of H.R. 644, America Gives More Act and H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, H993 [12FE]

H. Res. 189, consideration of H.R. 650, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act and H.R. 685, Mortgage Choice Act, H2165 [14AP]

H. Res. 212, consideration of H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act and H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act, H2368 [22AP]

H. Res. 255, consideration of H.R. 2048, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act, H2892 [13MY]

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, H3321 [19MY]

H. Res. 273, consideration of H.R. 2262, Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act and H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act, H3403 [20MY]

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 1335, Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, H3491 [20MY]

H. Res. 288, consideration of H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, H3773 [3JN]

H. Res. 305, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 1314, Trade Act and Senate amendments to H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, H4227 [11JN]

H. Res. 449, consideration of H.R. 3457, Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act, H6752 [1OC]

H. Res. 450, consideration of H.R. 597, Eximbank reauthorization, H7182 [26OC]

H. Res. 491, consideration of H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act, H7201 [27OC]

H. Res. 526, consideration of H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act and H.R. 511, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, H8254 [17NO]

H. Res. 529, consideration of H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act and H.R. 3189, Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization (FORM) Act, and clarify House proceedings and actions during November district work period, H8292 [18NO]

H. Res. 539, consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, H8658 [1DE]

H. Res. 542, consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act and conference report on S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, H8875 [2DE]

H. Res. 560, consideration of H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, H9275 [11DE]

H.J. Res. 61, Hire More Heroes Act, H5488 [27JY]

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, H8894–H8919 [2DE]

H.R. 22, Hire More Heroes Act, H29 [6JA]

H.R. 26, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, H59–H66 [7JA]

H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act, H125 [8JA]

H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, H71–H74 [7JA], H341–H344 [13JA]

H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H779–H781 [4FE]

H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, H3952 [9JN]

H.R. 284, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act, H1646 [16MR]

H.R. 285, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, H596 [27JA]

H.R. 597, Eximbank reauthorization, H7217–H7219 [27OC]

H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, H2121 [13AP]

H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act, H1041 [13FE]

H.R. 644, America Gives More Act, H1002 [12FE]

H.R. 685, Mortgage Choice Act, H2188 [14AP]

H.R. 774, Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act, H5479–H5484 [27JY]

H.R. 998, Preclearance Authorization Act, H5495 [27JY]

H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act, H7231 [27OC]

H.R. 1119, Research and Development Efficiency Act, H3365 [19MY]

H.R. 1158, Dept. of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act, H3373 [19MY]

H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, H8312 [18NO]

H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act, H2123 [13AP]

H.R. 1313, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act, H3260 [18MY]

H.R. 1317, CFTC specification of how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, H8219 [16NO]

H.R. 1382, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act, H3261 [18MY]

H.R. 1478, Policyholder Protection Act, H8217 [16NO]

H.R. 1480, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, H2126 [13AP]

H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act, H6804 [6OC]

H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act, H2386–H2390 [22AP]

H.R. 1562, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2241 [15AP]

H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, H6265 [28SE]

H.R. 1694, Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act, H8164 [16NO]

H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act, H8309 [18NO]

H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, H3426–H3445 [20MY]

H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act, H6806 [6OC]

H.R. 2048, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act, H2901–H2914 [13MY]

H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act, H5147 [14JY]

H.R. 2168, West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act, H6819 [6OC]

H.R. 2262, Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act, H3521–H3524 [21MY]

H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, H3940–H3948 [9JN]

H.R. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act, H5101 [13JY]

H.R. 2617, postpone a scheduled minimum wage increase applicable to American Samoa, H6281 [28SE]

H.R. 2620, cotton futures contracts definition modification under U.S. Cotton Futures Act, H4563 [23JN]

H.R. 2670, Microloan Modernization Act, H5099 [13JY]

H.R. 3032, SEC Reporting Modernization Act, H8219 [16NO]

H.R. 3116, Bureau of the Census authority to conduct quarterly financial report program extension, S7171 [6OC], H6198 [24SE]

H.R. 3350, Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to Transportation Act, H6989 [20OC]

H.R. 3457, Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act, H6761 [1OC]

S. 40, Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, S60 [7JA]

S. 134, Industrial Hemp Farming Act, S102 [8JA]

S. 142, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, S108 [8JA], S8613 [10DE]

S. 198, Stop Corporate Inversions Act, S286 [20JA]

S. 229, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, S350–S352 [21JA]

S. 304, Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, S2487 [28AP]

S. 396, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S834–S836 [5FE]

S. 461, Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act, S931 [11FE]

S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, S2082–S2085 [26MR], H2324–H2326 [21AP]

S. 700, Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database (READ) Act, S1387 [10MR]

S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, S7522–S7534 [27OC]

S. 822, Geothermal Production Expansion Act, S1668 [19MR]

S. 840, Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, S1712–S1716 [23MR]

S. 975, American Business for American Companies Act, S2247–S2249 [16AP]

S. 987, Small Business Tax Equity Act, S2249 [16AP]

S. 1058, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S2356 [22AP]

S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act, S6852 [21SE]

S. 1122, Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act, S2479 [28AP]

S. 1124, reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, H2855 [12MY]

S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act, S2533–S2539 [29AP]

S. 1156, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S2573–S2577 [30AP]

S. 1179, Advancing Growth in the Economy Through Distilled (AGED) Spirits Act, S2601 [4MY]

S. 1297, U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, S6323–S6325 [4AU]

S. 1359, E-Warranty Act, S4983 [9JY], H5804 [8SE]

S. 1377, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA), S3068–S3070 [19MY]

S. 1400, Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act, S3187 [20MY]

S. 1486, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S3459–S3461 [2JN]

S. 1599, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S5474 [22JY]

S. 1687, Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act, S4650 [25JN]

S. 1840, Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act, S5460–S5464 [22JY]

S. 1841, Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act, S5464–S5468 [22JY]

S. 1891, Coal Royalty Fairness Act, S6140 [29JY]

S. 2044, Consumer Review Freedom Act, S8639 [14DE]

S. 2117, prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property, S7103 [1OC]

S. 2152, Electrify Africa Act, S8863–S8865 [18DE]

S. 2272, Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act, S7916 [10NO]

S. 2296, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act, S8081 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 1, oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation, S66 [7JA]

S. Con. Res. 4, support Local Radio Freedom Act, S1078 [24FE]

S. Con. Res. 26, reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations by Iran and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions, S8244 [1DE]

S. Res. 71, Internet Governance Awareness Week, S841 [5FE]

S. Res. 94, support goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month, S1254 [3MR]

S. Res. 103, support goals and ideals of Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, S1633 [18MR]

S. Res. 110, develop strategy on development and deployment of the Internet of Things to maximize promise of connected technologies and promote economic growth and consumer empowerment, S1785 [24MR]

S. Res. 141, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S2275 [20AP]

S. Res. 166, express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day, S2602 [4MY]

S. Res. 170, support goals and ideals of National Travel and Tourism Week, S2692 [6MY]

S. Res. 172, National Small Business Week, S2693 [6MY]

S. Res. 225, National Association of Women Business Owners anniversary, S5213 [21JY]

S. Res. 243, SBA Small Business Development Center network anniversary, S6402 [5AU]

S. Res. 252, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) priorities to ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses, S6654–S6656 [15SE]

S. Res. 258, National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, S6816 [17SE]

S. Res. 280, National Women’s Small Business Month, S7221 [7OC]

S. Res. 295, National Veterans Small Business Week, S7475 [22OC]

S. Res. 304, Small Business Saturday, S7726 [3NO]

S. Res. 314, National Entrepreneurs’ Day, S8023 [17NO]

S. Res. 332, Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association anniversary, S8558 [9DE]

S. Res. 335, support goals and ideals of National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day and tribute to Charles E. Taylor, S8686 [15DE]

Transcripts

Cash Cows—Military Colleges: Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure (television show), S7766 [4NO]