SÁNCHEZ, LINDA T. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H859 [9FE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3501 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H4774 [25JN]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H6750 [30SE]

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

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 674), H754 [3FE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H7390 [2NO]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H7626 [3NO]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 742), H812 [4FE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 283), H3561 [21MY]

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

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 3427), H8242 [16NO]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H4432 [16JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2111 [26MR]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H664 [28JA]

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

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

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see H. Res. 214), H5850 [8SE]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H9013 [3DE]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 1283), H9080 [8DE]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H9080 [8DE]

Courts: create special motion to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) (see H.R. 2304), H5776 [29JY]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H6076 [16SE]

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

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H7027 [20OC]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.R. 2660), H3913 [4JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H641 [27JA] (see H.R. 1958), H2416 [22AP]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H. Res. 294), H4775 [25JN]

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

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

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

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H8361 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2212 [14AP]

——— anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 327), H4594 [23JN]

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

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

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

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park in San Diego, CA (see H.R. 3711), H8242 [16NO]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1117 [24FE]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5524 [27JY]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (see H.R. 3484), H7091 [21OC]

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

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

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H4593 [23JN]

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

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

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

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H2655 [29AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H8361 [18NO]

——— 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 H.R. 2873), H4650 [24JN]

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

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2764), H7028 [20OC]

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

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H2959 [13MY]

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

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

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

Foreign trade: establish Trade Agreements Enforcement Trust Fund (see H.R. 1947), H2416 [22AP]

——— exclude from eligibility for the generalized system of preferences any country that fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws or meet its international environmental obligations (see H.R. 3627), H6306 [28SE]

——— 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]

Health: prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see H.R. 2104), H2653 [29AP]

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

——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 117), H1069 [13FE]

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

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 426), H6137 [17SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H7333 [28OC]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H7091 [21OC]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 562), H9270 [10DE]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1974), H2417 [22AP]

——— prohibit Executive agencies from using the term ‘‘alien’’ to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and establish a uniform definition for the term ‘‘foreign national’’ (see H.R. 3785), H7139 [22OC]

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 (see H.R. 2911), H5777 [29JY]

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

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 3105), H5290 [16JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5976 [11SE]

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

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 3938), H8149 [5NO]

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

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

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

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2461), H3505 [20MY]

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

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H5783 [31JY]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H1499 [27FE]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H5293 [16JY]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7255 [27OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5293 [16JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5468 [23JY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2821 [8MY]

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

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

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H3758 [2JN]

Middle East: support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 293), H7347 [29OC]

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

Minorities: strike outdated and disrespectful terms for minority groups from the U.S. Code, and replace them with culturally appropriate terms (see H.R. 4238), H9692 [17DE]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 3337), H7139 [22OC]

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

Nepal: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2033), H2773 [30AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7254 [27OC]

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

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

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 8), H480 [21JA]

NSF: establish program to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1924), H2501 [28AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: authorize to take discretionary action if a foreign country is engaging in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices relating to the environment (see H.R. 1946), H2416 [22AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4003 [9JN]

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

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

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 3618), H6260 [25SE]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H8645 [30NO]

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H431 [20JA]

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

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1166 [25FE]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 784), H2959 [13MY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H639 [27JA]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H2419 [22AP]

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: modify boundaries in California to include National Forest System land (see H.R. 3820), H7174 [23OC]

San Gabriel National Recreation Area: establish as a unit of the National Park System in California (see H.R. 3820), H7174 [23OC]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H4862 [7JY]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

Silvis, IL: mint coins in recognition and celebration of Hero Street, USA (see H.R. 2525), H3559 [21MY]

Social Security: ensure contributions made by workers are available to pay all benefits which they have earned (see H.R. 3621), H6306 [28SE]

——— invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families (see H.R. 3781), H7088 [21OC]

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

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

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H1067 [13FE]

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

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

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers (see H.R. 1457), H9080 [8DE]

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ‘Lou’ J. Langlais Post Office Building, Santa Barbara, CA: designate (see H.R. 3218), H5522 [27JY]

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

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 1419), H1767 [18MR]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4493 [17JN]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H3310 [18MY]

——— 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), H8861 [1DE]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H5469 [23JY]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 3435), H5782 [31JY]

——— clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see H.R. 4085), H8410 [19NO]

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

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of consumer indebtedness (see H.R. 2640), H8860 [1DE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H6981 [16OC]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H9271 [10DE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1117 [24FE]

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

——— 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]

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

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 750), H5117 [13JY]

——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H3559 [21MY]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H981 [11FE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1806 [19MR]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H702 [2FE]

——— modify and extend certain tax incentives relating to energy (see H.R. 4040), H8279 [17NO]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H7624 [3NO]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H1806 [19MR]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H1072 [13FE]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see H.R. 2676), H3914 [4JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 4165), H9010 [3DE]

——— provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses (see H.R. 964), H1066 [13FE]

——— provide notice to charities and other nonprofit organizations before their tax-exempt status is automatically revoked (see H.R. 811), H866 [9FE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H1071 [13FE]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H1567 [3MR]

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 154), H1769 [18MR]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 562), H9270 [10DE]

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

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4650 [24JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H1626 [10MR]

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

——— 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 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), H4863 [7JY]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see H.R. 4113), H9307 [11DE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: allow credit reporting agencies to notify active servicemembers when an adverse action is posted on their credit report (see H.R. 1514), H1803 [19MR]

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

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see H. Res. 364), H5237 [15JY]

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

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

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 1383), H1661 [16MR]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 74), H703 [2FE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H4769 [25JN]

Taxation: repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 2184), H2769 [30AP]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 168), H1900 [24MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: allow credit reporting agencies to notify active servicemembers when an adverse action is posted on their credit report (H.R. 1514), H1806 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (H.R. 2022), H2466 [23AP]

Medicare: establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (H.R. 2704), H4002 [9JN]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (H.R. 4212), H9270 [10DE]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (H.R. 1383), H1662 [16MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 2902), H4772 [25JN]

Taxation: repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (H.R. 2184), H2772 [30AP]

Letters

Defund Planned Parenthood Act: several organizations, H6163• [18SE]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Alastair M. Fitzpayne, Dept. of the Treasury, H1648 [16MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4350 [15JN]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E585• [27AP]

Artesia, CA: anniversary of Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos, E469• [13AP]

Cerritos, CA: anniversary of ABC Unified School District, E397• [24MR]

Dept. of Education: anniversary of White House Initiative on Educational Excellance for Hispanics, E1543• [27OC]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1150• [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program, E736• [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, H4350 [15JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H376 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1377 [27FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4326 [12JN], H9288 [11DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9185 [9DE]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, E841• [4JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), E841• [4JN]

El Monte, CA: El Monte Union High School District recipient of Dept. of Education Green Ribbon Schools award, E586• [27AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: anniversary, E467• [13AP]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, E1704• [3DE]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4267 [12JN]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks, H8252 [17NO]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5344 [22JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H376 [14JA]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4267 [12JN]

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), H1647 [16MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H9185 [9DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), H1648 [16MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), H4531 [18JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6163• [18SE]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1014• [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9288 [11DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4326 [12JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H4267 [12JN]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Nohemi, H8252 [17NO]

Iaquinta, Vanessa, E185• [10FE]

Mayer, Deborah, E69• [14JA]