COMSTOCK, BARBARA (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

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), H7600 [3NO]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1495 [27FE]

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8278 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5118 [13JY]

Architect of the Capitol: place a chair honoring American POW/MIA in the Capitol (see H.R. 1670), H9012 [3DE]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (see H.R. 2835), H4546 [19JN]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3628), H6706 [29SE]

——— provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1126), H1369 [26FE]

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

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1925), H2354 [21AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1567 [3MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H408 [14JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1566 [3MR]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 469), H583 [26JA]

——— improve response to victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 246), H583 [26JA]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5850 [8SE]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2500 [28AP]

Colleges and universities: ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (see H. Res. 26), H1663 [16MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2879 [12MY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H2108 [26MR]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H7391 [2NO]

Crime: prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 3832), H9329 [15DE]

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H1610 [4MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3582 [29MY]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H9307 [11DE]

Dept. of Education: increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see H.R. 2350), H3565 [21MY]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H1663 [16MR]

Dept. of Energy: 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]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (see H.R. 1725), H5849 [8SE]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H2879 [12MY]

——— establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 665), H758 [3FE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H5766 [29JY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 1600), H2212 [14AP]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H6076 [16SE]

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 789), H2315 [17AP]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H2310 [16AP]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H8646 [30NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 1024), H1113 [24FE]

——— train personnel to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities (see H.R. 460), H583 [26JA]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H662 [28JA]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H5866 [9SE]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 514), H583 [26JA]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 2610), H4546 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an Automated and Connected Vehicle Research Initiative (see H.R. 2886), H6975 [9OC]

——— expand Federal safety oversight authority over public transit systems (see H.R. 3773), H7026 [20OC]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6789 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify distance requirements relative to eligibility of veterans to receive medical care and services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1096), H2155 [13AP]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2467 [23AP]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H2357 [21AP]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H2156 [13AP]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H5118 [13JY]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5849 [8SE]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H1116 [24FE]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H2356 [21AP]

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

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H2116 [26MR]

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

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2722), H5174 [14JY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H9307 [11DE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 10), H6836 [6OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H6189 [22SE]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see H.R. 2805), H4863 [7JY]

——— clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (see H.R. 3537), H6136 [17SE]

——— increase penalties for fentanyl trafficking (see H.R. 4183), H9308 [11DE]

——— provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (see H.R. 1821), H2269 [15AP]

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

EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 704), H2655 [29AP]

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

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 1030), H1113 [24FE]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1029), H1113 [24FE]

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

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H1663 [16MR]

FCC: prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1636 [13MR]

Federal agencies and departments: establish entities tasked with improving program and project management (see H.R. 2144), H9307 [11DE]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 2003), H3310 [18MY]

——— review certain rules and regulations (see H.R. 3328), H8242 [16NO]

Federal employees: ensure that 6 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 532), H1165 [25FE]

——— expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 357), H583 [26JA]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 3635), H6704 [29SE]

Financial institutions: amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H4546 [19JN]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H6792 [2OC]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see H.R. 1523), H6706 [29SE]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H8242 [16NO]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1166 [25FE]

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

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H9308 [11DE]

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

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

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE]

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

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), H6077 [16SE]

——— identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

——— submit reports on definitions of placement and recruitment fees for purposes of enabling compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (see H.R. 400), H1771 [18MR]

Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA: designate the Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum (see H.R. 2693), H4001 [9JN]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2213 [14AP]

——— eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H1662 [16MR]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4038), H8415 [19NO]

Insurance: clarify treatment of pediatric dental coverage in the individual and group markets outside exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3463), H7028 [20OC]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 220), H3254 [15MY]

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

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3574 [22MY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6706 [29SE]

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9272 [10DE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5850 [8SE]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7089 [21OC]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H2475 [27AP]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 40), H3391 [19MY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H4383 [15JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 3222), H8646 [30NO]

Law enforcement: mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (see H.R. 515), H584 [26JA]

——— strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 3722), H9272 [10DE]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured, killed, missing, or threatened in connection with official duties (see H.R. 1269), H2271 [15AP]

Medicaid: provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H8415 [19NO]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H2155 [13AP]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H2156 [13AP]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H6976 [9OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5172 [14JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H3916 [4JN]

——— require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services (see H.R. 822), H2155 [13AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve electronic health records meaningful use programs (see H.R. 3309), H9329 [15DE]

Members of Congress: require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 174), H984 [11FE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H5981 [15SE]

NASA: authorize programs (see H.R. 2039), H2495 [28AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 378), H5593 [28JY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H4862 [7JY]

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H6836 [6OC]

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

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6789 [1OC]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1117 [24FE]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H3565 [21MY]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H5777 [29JY]

——— provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research and promote the progress of science that serves the national interest (see H.R. 3293), H5763 [29JY]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (see H.R. 1020), H1084 [20FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: require U.S. Chief Technology Officer to be confirmed by the Senate and clarify duties of such position (see H.R. 1764), H2208 [14AP]

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

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

——— allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H9329 [15DE]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5849 [8SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2155 [13AP]

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

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H6076 [16SE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5980 [15SE]

Postal Service: restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2880 [12MY]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 699), H2155 [13AP]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H8241 [16NO]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H6795 [5OC]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8972 [2DE]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H6189 [22SE]

States: encourage adoption of a sexual assault survivors’ bill of rights (see H. Res. 230), H5089 [10JY]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H6189 [22SE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1072 [13FE]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 990), H2155 [13AP]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H6749 [30SE]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H2799 [5MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1568 [3MR]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H1116 [24FE]

——— terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 412), H1618 [4MR]

Technology: provided for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1806), H2268 [15AP]

U.S. Copyright Office: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4241), H9306 [11DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2655 [29AP]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H6189 [22SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H7742 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Congress: joint session for Presidential address (see H. Con. Res. 7), H224 [12JA]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize surface transportation research and development (see H.R. 3585), H6188 [22SE]

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]

Constitutional authority statements

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 (H.R. 4102), H8413 [19NO]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize surface transportation research and development (H.R. 3585), H6189 [22SE]

Research: establish a working group to review regulations and make recommendations to improve efficiency of Federal research and development (H.R. 1119), H1371 [26FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1629 [13MR], H6183 [22SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1629 [13MR]

Remarks

ASIS International (organization): tribute to Virgina 10th Congressional District Law Enforcment Appreciation Dinner honorees, E1788• [15DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals to World War II First Special Service Force (S. Con. Res. 2), H207 [12JA]

——— authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery (H. Con. Res. 93), H8213 [16NO]

——— authorize use of Emancipation Hall for unveiling of marble bust of Vice President Richard B. Cheney (S. Con. Res. 24), H8213 [16NO]

Carroll, Bonnie: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E1684• [1DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H173 [9JA]

——— joint session for Presidential address (H. Con. Res. 7), H207 [12JA]

Congressional Office of Compliance: reform procedures for mediation and hearings and provide for an additional term for members of the Board of Directors (H.R. 1213), H1603 [4MR]

Crime: combat human trafficking, H563 [26JA]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize surface transportation research and development strategic plan, H7600, H7601 [3NO]

——— expand Federal safety oversight authority over public transit systems, H7417 [3NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3854 [3JN]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, E910• [16JN]

——— tribute to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Dept., Virginia Task Force 1 for rescue efforts in Nepal in aftermath of earthquake, H3377 [19MY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, E1292• [16SE]

Jill’s House (organization): anniversary, E1649• [18NO]

Lovettsville, VA: anniversary of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, E1614• [5NO]

National Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month: observance, H563 [26JA]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (H.R. 3033), H7185 [26OC]

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), conference report, H8997• [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7417, H7600, H7601 [3NO]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6950• [9OC]

Research: establish a working group to review regulations and make recommendations to improve efficiency of Federal research and development (H.R. 1119), H3365 [19MY]

Reston, VA: anniversary of Heritage Fellowship Church, E1437• [6OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7417, H7600, H7601 [3NO], H8997• [3DE]

Votes: position on missed, H3486• [20MY], H3817• [3JN]

Warman, John C. (Doc), E1303• [16SE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H3854 [3JN]

Tributes

Agee, Mary, E656• [5MY]

Baltazar, Jesse M., E1455• [8OC]

Boehner, Speaker, H7250 [27OC]

Borcherdt, Ed, E859• [9JN]

Hilgartner, Pete, E937• [19JN]

Miller, H. Gilbert, E1681• [1DE]

Shickle, Richard C., Sr., E1752• [9DE]