EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT see also White House

Amendments

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 23), H5987 [16SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: improve process of Presidential transition (S. 1172), S6194, S6205, S6207 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

Can the GOP Change?, S844 [9FE], S876, S890 [10FE]

Climate-Change Religion, S2681 [6MY]

86 Percent of Health Law Enrollees Receive Subsidies, White House Says (excerpt), S1398 [11MR]

Faces of Health Care—Joanne W., H7163 [23OC]

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

White House Steps Up Warnings About Terrorism on U.S. Soil, S3254 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: require the President to provide Congress with detailed deployment and troop commitment plan prior to authorizing use of military force against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 104), H982 [11FE]

Bureau of Prisons: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 768), H853 [5FE]

Congress: express that Executive orders that infringe on certain powers and duties of Congress, or that require expenditure of funds not specifically appropriated for the purpose of the Executive order, are advisory only (see H. Con. Res. 63), H5236 [15JY]

——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H43 [6JA]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see S. 11), S11 [6JA]

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]

Federal agencies and departments: improve effectiveness of major rules in accomplishing their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective review (see S. 1817), S5210 [21JY]

——— publish advance notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules (see S. 1820), S5210 [21JY]

——— reform rulemaking process by only promulgating regulations that are necessary, maximize benefits, and provide the public an opportunity to participate in the process (see S. 1818), S5210 [21JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 1910), S6187 [30JY] (see S. 2132), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 2995), H5028 [9JY]

Firearms: provide that any Executive action that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under section 8 of article I of the Constitution or on the Second Amendment to the Constitution has no force or effect (see S. 2434), S8883 [18DE]

GSA: prohibit leasing of space to house Federal employees hired to process Executive orders implementing immigration reform (see H.R. 2801), H4490 [17JN]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch policies and actions on immigration (see H. Res. 21), H104 [7JA]

——— establish standards defining impeachable ‘‘high crimes and misdemeanors’’ as applied to President of the U.S. (see H. Res. 198), H2153 [13AP]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1848 [23MR]

——— prohibit executive branch from exempting from removal categories of aliens considered to be unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 38), H37 [6JA]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see S. 129), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 191), H103 [7JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (see S. 534), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 31), H37 (see H.R. 155), H41 [6JA] (see H.R. 206), H154 (see H.R. 227), H155 [8JA] (see H.R. 1715), H2110 [26MR]

Information technology: impose penalties on state-sponsors of cyberattacks (see H.R. 3039), H5116 [13JY]

Iran: reaffirm role of the House in review and approval or disapproval of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and disapprove U.N. Security Council consideration prior to congressional review (see H. Res. 379), H5467 [23JY]

Law enforcement: disapprove Executive order relative to Federal support for State, local, and tribal law enforcement equipment acquisition (see H. Res. 559), H9205 [9DE]

Members of Congress: authorize to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response to the President or other executive branch official directing executive branch officials to not enforce a provision of law (see H.R. 464), H530 [22JA]

National Office for Cyberspace: establish (see H.R. 1753), H2152 [13AP]

National Office of New Americans: establish (see H.R. 3201), H5466 [23JY]

National Science and Technology Council: establish an interagency coordination committee or subcommittee focused on the nexus between energy and water production, use, and efficiency (see S. 1218), S2688 [6MY]

National Security Council: establish a committee on hostage recovery (see H.R. 2201), H2791 [1MY]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 23), H36 [6JA]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 467), H530 [22JA]

——— establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 1156), H1498 [27FE]

——— make technical changes to provisions authorizing prize competitions under the Technology Innovation Act (see H.R. 1162), H1498 [27FE]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to certain congressional staff and members of the Executive branch (see S. 16), S11 [6JA]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies (see S. 1810), S5210 [21JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: improve process of Presidential transition (see S. 1172), S2568 [30AP]

——— provide penalties for selling or counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony (see H.R. 1374), H1661 [16MR]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform (see S. 1337), S2850 [13MY] (see H.R. 2305), H2957 [13MY]

White House: rescind unobligated amounts for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 1693), H2109 [26MR]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 22), S7160 [6OC] (see H. Con. Res. 82), H6787 [1OC]

Cloture motions

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), motion to proceed, S1152 [26FE], S1192 [27FE]

Court decisions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Texas, et al. v. U.S., on Executive orders to implement immigration reform: misrepresentations by Dept. of Justice lawyers, S2827 [13MY]

Histories

Resilient Federal Forests Act (H.R. 2647): Title IX—Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land, H4987 [9JY]

Letters

Dept. of Homeland Security funding relative to Executive orders to implement immigration reform: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H382 [14JA]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, H383 [14JA]

——— several law enforcement officers, H337 [13JA]

Executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief: several former INS/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services general counsels, H337 [13JA]

——— several law professors, H335–H337 [13JA]

House Office of General Counsel expenditures relative to litigation for actions by the President or other officials inconsistent with constitutional duties: Representative Candice S. Miller, Committee on House Administration (House), H694 [2FE], H2469 [27AP]

House Office of General Counsel expenditures relative to litigation on actions by the President or other officials inconsistent with constitutional duties: Representative Candice S. Miller, Committee on House Administration (House), H5463 [23JY], H7188 [26OC]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H85 [7JA]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H85 [7JA]

Nomination of Representative Paul Ryan to be Speaker of the House relative to stated conditions made on any presentation of immigration legislation in the House during the remainder of the Obama Administration: Representative Brooks, H7192 [27OC]

Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act: Christy Goldfuss, Council on Environmental Quality, H6245 [25SE]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement of executive orders relative to immigration laws: several Representatives, H4364 [15JN]

Lists

Instances President Obama said he couldn’t ignore or create his own immigration law, S1097 [25FE], H967 [11FE]

Memorandums

Free Trade Agreements and Role of Congress: Daniel T. Shedd and Brandon J. Murrill, Congressional Research Service, S2959 [18MY]

Motions

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), S1152 [26FE]

Remarks in House

Courts: Federal circuit court decision to uphold injunction to block Executive orders on immigration reform, H3771 [3JN]

——— Federal district court decision to temporarily block Executive orders on immigration reform, H1122 [25FE], H2215 [15AP]

Dept. of Education: anniversary of White House Initiative on Educational Excellance for Hispanics, H7012 [20OC], E1534 [26OC], E1543 [27OC], E1606 [5NO]

——— proposal to provide an alternative to college accreditation for providers who develop partnerships with non-college accredited institutions, H8285 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement of executive orders relative to immigration laws, H4364 [15JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to defend Executive orders to implement immigration reform in circuit court, H3801, H3802 [3JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: prohibit funding in contravention of Executive order relative to efforts to reduce Government greenhouse gas emissions, H4826, H4827 [7JY]

——— prohibit limitation of funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H4793, H4794 [7JY]

Energy and water development: prohibit funding by related agencies to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H2722 [30AP]

Escalade Sports, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, E650 [1MY]

Federal Flood Risk Management Standard: prohibit implementation funding, H2752, H2753 [30AP]

Firearms: proposed Executive order to expand background checks on gun sales, H10698 [18DE]

Forests: authorize the President to declare a major disaster for wildfires on Federal lands and provide assistance for extraordinary wildfire suppression costs in excess of the 10 year average, H4987 [9JY]

Immigration: approval of Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, E1648 [18NO]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (H.R. 191), H191 [12JA], H333 [13JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H194, H195, H208 [12JA], H233, H234, H235, H236, H237, H238–H247, H323–H341 [13JA], H362, H363, H375–H379, H381, H387 [14JA], H589 [27JA], H712 [3FE], H872 [10FE], H924, H925, H928, H930, H962–H969 [11FE], H989, H990, H991, H992, H993, H996–H999, H1017, H1018 [12FE], H1039, H1040 [13FE], H1087, H1088, H1090, H1092, H1093, H1102 [24FE], H1119, H1120, H1122, H1123, H1124, H1125, H1160 [25FE], H1167, H1172 [26FE], H1377–H1384, H1387–H1392, H1491, H1492 [27FE], H1514 [2MR], H1569, H1604, H1605 [4MR], E66, E69 [14JA], E75 [16JA], E80, E82 [20JA], E296 [3MR]

——— refrain from pursuing policies that make hiring illegal aliens economically advantageous, H384–H386 [14JA], H1605 [4MR]

Knox College: President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll honoree, E151 [3FE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit funding for Presidential designation of national monuments in certain Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada counties, H4821, H4822 [7JY]

National Office for Cyberspace: establish (H.R. 1753), H4422 [16JN]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 23), H83–H87 [7JA], H154 [8JA]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 23), Senate amendment, H5987–H5990 [16SE]

Native Americans: prohibit any activity to contravene Executive order protecting Indian sacred sites, H6918, H6919 [8OC]

——— prohibit funding to contravene Executive order protecting Indian sacred sites, H4804 [7JY]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, H972–H976 [11FE], H1547–H1551 [3MR], H1575 [4MR], H6170–H6174 [18SE], H8140–H8145 [5NO]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H6170–H6174 [18SE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H58 [7JA], H161, H183 [9JA], H750 [3FE], H2302–H2304 [16AP], H3766 [3JN], E62 [13JA]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (H.R. 1156), H3366, H3367 [19MY]

——— make technical changes to provisions authorizing prize competitions under the Technology Innovation Act (H.R. 1162), H3363–H3365 [19MY]

Presidential Succession Act: anniversary, E1010 [7JY]

Ryan, Representative Paul: support for nomination to be Speaker of the House relative to stated conditions made on any presentation of immigration legislation in the House during the remainder of the Obama Administration, H7191 [27OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: prohibit funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H3796, H3797 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H3725 [2JN]

Solar energy: initiative to increase access to solar energy and expand training and education for jobs in the solar industry, H4878 [8JY]

Supreme Court: urge court decision to uphold Executive orders on immigration reform, H8253 [17NO]

Technology: ensure congressional representation on certain science advisory boards, H3451, H3452 [20MY]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 82), H7099 [22OC]

Remarks in Senate

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws, S1098 [25FE]

——— protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (S. 11), S754 [4FE], S7888 [10NO]

Courts: Federal circuit court decision relative to use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S7870, S7956 [10NO]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, S5448 [22JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 2132), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Firearms: provide that any Executive action that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under section 8 of article I of the Constitution or on the Second Amendment to the Constitution has no force or effect (S. 2434), S8908 [18DE]

Immigration: Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S3638–S3640 [3JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S134–S136 [12JA], S161 [13JA], S251 [20JA], S303 [21JA], S368 [22JA], S495–S500 [27JA], S550, S553–S555, S563 [28JA], S612–S617, S634 [29JA], S668–S671 [30JA], S678–S680, S687–S690, S703–S705 [2FE], S707–S717, S720–S730, S732 [3FE], S741–S749, S752–S763, S799–S801 [4FE], S803–S813, S820–S826 [5FE], S843–S847 [9FE], S874–S876, S878–S881, S883, S889–S891, S893, S896, S897 [10FE], S908, S913, S914, S917, S922–S924 [11FE], S948, S951–S954, S956–S958, S963, S968, S974 [12FE], S1022–S1028, S1034–S1036 [23FE], S1038–S1041, S1043, S1045–S1053, S1056–S1058 [24FE], S1088–S1090, S1094–S1100, S1103–S1107 [25FE], S1129, S1130 [26FE], S1187–S1191, S1196 [27FE], S1213, S1214 [2MR], S8718 [16DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), S1034 [23FE], S1037, S1038 [24FE], S1085, S1096, S1104 [25FE], S1127, S1131–S1137 [26FE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), motion to proceed, S1187, S1189, S1192 [27FE]

Iran: require any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program include all provisions outlined by the Executive Office of the President, S2502–S2505 [29AP], S2723 [7MY]

Lynch, Loretta E.: suitability to be Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S1518–S1520 [16MR], S1599 [18MR], S2363–S2366 [23AP]

Marti, Daniel H.: nomination to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, S1329, S1330 [9MR]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 23), S5557, S5558 [23JY]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, S533–S536 [27JA], S1043 [24FE], S2828 [13MY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, S8777–S8779 [17DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to coverage of certain congressional staff and members of the Executive branch, S1858 [25MR], S2011 [26MR]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, S5183 [21JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: improve process of Presidential transition (S. 1172), S6205, S6207 [30JY]

——— use of Executive orders, S3149 [20MY]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform, S8237 [1DE]

——— reform (S. 1337), S2901 [14MY]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 22), S7171 [6OC]

Yates, Sally Quillian: suitability to be Deputy Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform and supervision of lawyers litigating lawsuits on such Executive orders, S2827–S2829 [13MY]

Reports

Executive Grants of Temporary Immigration Relief, 1956–Present: American Immigration Council, S885 [10FE]

Reports filed

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2995) (H. Rept. 114–194), H5028 [9JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1910) (S. Rept. 114–97), S6186 [30JY]

International Science and Technology Cooperation Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1156) (H. Rept. 114–123), H3386 [19MY]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 23) (S. Rept. 114–62), S4103 [11JN]

Nomination of Daniel H. Marti To Be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S981 [12FE]

Presidential Transitions Improvements Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1172) (S. Rept. 114–94), S5928 [27JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (S. 1172) (H. Rept. 114–384), H10710 [18DE]

Science Prize Competitions Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1162) (H. Rept. 114–125), H3386 [19MY]

Statements

American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act, H8373, H8390 [19NO]

Commodity End-User Relief Act, H3779 [3JN], H3935 [9JN]

Congressional Disapproval of NLRB Representation Case Procedures Rule, H1787 [19MR]

Default Prevention Act (excerpt), H7054 [21OC]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, H4724–H4726 [25JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services, H2512 [29AP]

Disapprove EPA Rule on Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Electric Utility Generating Units, H8660 [1DE]

Disapprove EPA Rule on Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Electric Utility Generating Units, H8659 [1DE]

District of Columbia Law on Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Disapproval, H2728 [30AP]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations, H2512 [29AP]

Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act, H5413 [23JY]

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, H1672 [17MR]

Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization (FORM) Act, H8295 [18NO]

Homebuyers Assistance Act, H6862 [7OC]

——— Executive Office of the President, H6850 [7OC]

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act, H5347 [22JY]

Native American Energy Act, H6915 [8OC]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, H507 [22JA]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, H8659 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act Health-Care Related Provisions Repeal (H.R. 596), H732 [3FE]

Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, H8295 [18NO]

Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H4530 [18JN]

Ratepayer Protection Act (excerpt), H4623 [24JN]

Red River Private Property Protection Act, H9098 [9DE]

Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, H2835 [12MY]

Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and Improve Payments for Physicians and Other Professionals and Extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2040 [26MR]

Secret Science Reform Act, H1672 [17MR]

Student Success Act, H1148 [25FE]

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, H8266 [17NO]

Western Water and American Food Security Act, H5190 [15JY]

Tables

Aggregate amount expended on outside counsel and other experts relative to litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution, H694 [2FE], H2469 [27AP]

Aggregate amount expended on outside counsel and other experts relative to litigation on actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution, H5463 [23JY], H7188 [26OC]

Texts of

H.R. 23, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization, S5557 [23JY], H84 [7JA], H5987 [16SE]

H.R. 1156, International Science and Technology Cooperation Act, H3366 [19MY]

H.R. 1162, Science Prize Competitions Act, H3363 [19MY]

S. 1172, Presidential Transitions Improvements Act, S6207–S6209 [30JY]

S. Con. Res. 22, White House Fellows Program anniversary, S7162 [6OC]