CASTOR, KATHY (a Representative from Florida)

Addresses

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

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3224 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4746 [25JN], H4864 [7JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2645, H2657 [29AP]

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), H8940, H8957 [2DE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5371 [22JY]

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), H535 [22JA]

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), H3582 [29MY]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H4594 [23JN]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H9691 [17DE]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H4863 [7JY]

Arctic Ocean: prohibit drilling (see H.R. 3632), H7091 [21OC]

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

Bankruptcy: make student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 449), H757 [3FE]

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (see H.R. 1092), H1626 [10MR]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 2430), H3387 [19MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2794 [1MY]

Budget: increase discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3708), H6935 [8OC]

Business and industry: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see H.R. 504), H2211 [14AP]

——— impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H4493 [17JN]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H4137 [10JN]

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), H1624 [6MR]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H7028 [20OC]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see H.R. 230), H190 [9JA]

——— deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project (see H.R. 231), H1165 [25FE]

——— modify certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system (see H.R. 2492), H3557 [21MY]

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), H5775 [29JY]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 3238), H5588 [28JY]

——— lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 664), H758 [3FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H408 [14JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H4003 [9JN]

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), H1068 [13FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H2310 [16AP]

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

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H3914 [4JN]

——— 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), H7090 [21OC]

——— make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 833), H8154 [5NO]

——— 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), H10712 [18DE]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 2773), H4381 [15JN]

——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see H.R. 1490), H5943 [10SE]

Dept. of Energy: make innovative technology loan guarantee support available for battery storage technologies (see H.R. 3263), H7626 [3NO]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see H.R. 3420), H5768 [29JY]

——— study impact of solar net energy metering (see H.R. 3852), H9692 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H919 [10FE]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 1006), H1502 [27FE]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H7743 [4NO]

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

——— establish a National Family Caregiving Project (see H.R. 3099), H5290 [16JY]

——— establish a pilot program to test the impact of early intervention on prevention, management, and course of eating disorders (see H.R. 4153), H8970 [2DE]

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

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H5943 [10SE]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2310 [16AP]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1901 [24MR]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H1612 [4MR]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H4243 [11JN]

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 3396), H5767 [29JY]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 2540), H3560 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1076), H8414 [19NO]

——— modify the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to conform to performance rather than metallurgical content (see H.R. 1454), H1769 [18MR]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2368), H6837 [6OC]

——— disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6229 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H1801 [19MR]

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

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

——— prevent the waste of gas produced under oil and gas leases on Federal land and collect royalty on all gas production (see H.R. 3289), H5763 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize appropriations for University Transportation Centers program (see H.R. 3665), H6894 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 2766), H4343 [12JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H7139 [22OC]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 3535), H6136 [17SE]

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

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 2411), H10712 [18DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H2773 [30AP]

EPA: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 1548), H1848 [23MR]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (see H.R. 944), H1526 [2MR]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4215), H9269 [10DE]

——— require manufacturers or importers of asbestos-containing products to report such products and establish a public database of such products (see H.R. 2030), H5298 [20JY]

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 1515), H1803 [19MR]

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

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

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

FCC: reform and modernize Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program (see H.R. 2638), H5592 [28JY]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H1084 [20FE]

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

FEMA: ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and residences under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2918), H6228 [24SE]

——— 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]

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), H6893 [7OC]

——— 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]

——— prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3051), H9329 [15DE]

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

——— provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H7741 [4NO]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 2283), H2877 [12MY]

——— 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]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of lionfish to Lacey Act list of injurious species prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3202), H6076 [16SE]

——— 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 H.R. 774), H3310 [18MY]

5000 Role Models of Excellence Project (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 36), H584 [26JA]

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

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]

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

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 1737), H6789 [1OC]

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

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

——— 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 H.R. 744), H812 [4FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H6750 [30SE]

Human rights: 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]

Immigration: establish processes for certain aliens from Iraq or Syria who have been or may be persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 1568), H7743 [4NO]

——— 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), H7347 [29OC]

Information technology: accelerate adoption of smart building technologies in the private sector and key Federal agencies (see H.R. 2564), H5293 [16JY]

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

Iran: 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), H3254 [15MY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H3921 [8JN]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H3643 [1JN]

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

Law enforcement officers: reaffirm right of individuals to record law enforcement authorities and full protection of law to possess recording devices and data saved on such devices (see H. Con. Res. 41), H2464 [23AP]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H9011 [3DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H6139 [17SE]

Mangum, Elmira: tribute (see H. Res. 164), H1848 [23MR]

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

——— ensure health insurance continuity for former foster youth (see H.R. 3641), H6704 [29SE]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H4345 [12JN]

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

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H5849 [8SE]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7139 [22OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H8242 [16NO]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4003 [9JN]

——— provide for demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 729), H1165 [25FE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H4003 [9JN]

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

Mental health: strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see H.R. 4276), H9374 [16DE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1198), H1850 [23MR]

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

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 849), H916 [10FE]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 64), H662 [28JA]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 378), H5467 [23JY]

National Park Service: observe centennial through increased funding (see H.R. 3556), H7333 [28OC]

National Stress Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 221), H2465 [23AP]

National Voting Rights Day: designate (see H. Res. 123), H1114 [24FE]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: observance (see H. Res. 479), H6974 [9OC]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H4243 [11JN]

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

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H5776 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H5849 [8SE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H2419 [22AP]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H2466 [23AP]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H535 [22JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1807 [19MR]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 784), H1806 [19MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1807 [19MR]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H7742 [4NO]

——— submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H9080 [8DE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H811 [4FE]

Religion: condemn violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslim Americans and express condolences to victims of hate crimes (see H. Res. 569), H9691 [17DE]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (see H.R. 3426), H7391 [2NO]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 2266), H5469 [23JY]

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

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1085 [20FE]

Senior citizens: increase Social Security and military retirement benefits and base future cost-of-living increases on the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3761), H6980 [16OC]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 1326), H1613 [4MR]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2978), H5293 [16JY]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1033 [12FE]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H638 [27JA]

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

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 94), H757 [3FE]

——— promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H3215 [14MY]

Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 620), H662 [28JA]

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

——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2412), H5239 [15JY]

——— extend the renewable energy credit for wind, geothermal, hydro, and marine power and eliminate certain tax credits for oil and gas drilling and production (see H.R. 3733), H7091 [21OC]

——— 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 the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H2356 [21AP]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 2657), H4004 [9JN]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H4003 [9JN]

——— temporarily allow expensing of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty (see H.R. 3957), H8150 [5NO]

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 H.R. 662), H703 [2FE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H2035 [25MR]

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

——— permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 3364), H5867 [9SE]

——— require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 2694), H4001 [9JN]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H6076 [16SE]

Water: remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H7391 [2NO]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1482), H1850 [23MR]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 3190), H7090 [21OC]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2824), H5776 [29JY]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 3546), H7255 [27OC]

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]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see H.R. 3163), H5402 [22JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H1525 [2MR]

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

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

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H1369 [26FE]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see H.R. 2253), H2876 [12MY]

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

National Sarcoma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 150), H1661 [16MR]

NIH: funding (see H.R. 777), H854 [5FE]

Women: express that female athletes should be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap (see H. Con. Res. 60), H5088 [10JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (H.R. 1197), H1525 [2MR]

Conservation of energy: encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (H.R. 1867), H2309 [16AP]

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

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (H.R. 1117), H1371 [26FE]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (H.R. 2253), H2878 [12MY]

Medicare: require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (H.R. 2005), H2466 [23AP]

NIH: funding (H.R. 777), H857 [5FE]

Press releases

Planned Parenthood Inspections Find Deficiencies at Clinics: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (final version), H6157 [18SE]

——— Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (original version), H6156 [18SE]

Remarks

Abortion: editing of video of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, H6158, H6159 [18SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1961, H1962 [25MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6874 [7OC]

Cuba: encourage human rights reforms, H97 [7JA]

——— lift trade embargo, H97 [7JA]

——— U.S. policy, H97 [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3222 [15MY]

——— ensure that decisions relating to on-base housing take into consideration commute times and land available for on-base housing, H3222 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: 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), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1189 [26FE]

Dept. of Energy: energy efficiency and renewable energy funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development funding, H2645, H2646 [29AP]

——— strengthen energy infrastructure resiliency and improve energy efficiency by incentivizing local renewable thermal energy and waste heat and providing assistance to establish distributed energy systems, H8941, H8942 [2DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), consideration (H. Res. 27), H244 [13JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1184 [26FE]

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), H9091, H9099, H9100 [9DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4746, H4747 [25JN]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2677 [30AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2645, H2646 [29AP]

EPA: brownfields restoration funding through reductions in Office of the Sec. of the Interior funding, H4746, H4747 [25JN]

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8831 [1DE]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (H.R. 2042), H4621 [24JN]

Florida: investigation of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., possible involvement in the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, H6156, H6157 [18SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6153 [18SE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4981 [9JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H726 [3FE]

Immigration: reform, H244 [13JA]

LSC: funding through reductions in DEA funding, E850• [8JN]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2073 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H726 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H726 [3FE]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6153, H6155, H6156, H6157, H6158, H6159, H6162 [18SE]

——— women’s health care services funding, H6155 [18SE]

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), H8941, H8942, H8958 [2DE]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), consideration (H. Res. 556), H9099, H9100 [9DE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5371 [22JY]

——— require an owner or operator of coal ash pond to respond immediately to a spill or release, H5371 [22JY]

Republican Study Committee: budget priorities, H1961, H1962 [25MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), E850• [8JN]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2073 [26MR]

Solar energy: promote safe and reliable interconnection and net billing for community solar facilities, H8958 [2DE]

Tampa, FL: anniversary of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, E1226• [8SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1542• [27OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3640 [1JN]

Reports

Terrorist Watchlist Screening—FBI Has Enhanced Its Use of Information From Firearm and Explosives Background Checks To Support Counterterrorism Efforts: GAO, H9099 [9DE]

Statements

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act Relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Funding: by, E1542• [27OC]

Tributes

Best, Evangeline, E233• [24FE]

Davis, Helen Gordon, E769• [21MY]

Fisher, Robert, E1136• [28JY]

Germany, John, E1337• [22SE]

Reese, Gwen, E241• [24FE]

Wilds, Jetie, Jr., E239• [24FE]

Williams, Lew, E238• [24FE]

Wynn, Sarah Stroud, E1207• [4AU]