LOEBSACK, DAVID (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3188 [14MY], H3224 [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), H1295 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: 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]

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 632), H2211 [14AP]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H9206 [9DE]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 608), H1501 [27FE]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 523), H9013 [3DE]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 2661), H5469 [23JY]

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

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5783 [31JY]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5783 [31JY]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H6750 [30SE]

Architect of the Capitol: place a chair honoring American POW/MIA in the Capitol (see H.R. 1670), H8281 [17NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 239), H1567 [3MR]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4251), H9327 [15DE]

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

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 250), H9691 [17DE]

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

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), H2115 [26MR]

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

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 3660), H6787 [1OC]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H2035 [25MR]

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), H641 [27JA]

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

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2826), H4541 [18JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2035 [25MR]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 23), H3254 [15MY]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H7028 [20OC]

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

——— provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H10712 [18DE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 1375), H4493 [17JN]

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), H5783 [31JY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 403), H6836 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 1728), H8646 [30NO]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 3886), H9272 [10DE]

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), H1850 [23MR]

——— establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 1175), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 802), H855 [5FE]

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

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

——— amend Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (see H.R. 1751), H8646 [30NO]

——— assess impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance (see H.R. 1306), H1902 [24MR]

——— authorize borrowers of Federal Direct Loan Program loans to modify interest rate to be equal to interest rate at time of modification (see H.R. 649), H3214 [14MY]

——— award grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 541), H638 [27JA]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 408), H757 [3FE]

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

——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 2268), H2876 [12MY]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 858), H984 [11FE]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1519), H1850 [23MR]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 850), H916 [10FE]

——— increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources for eligible students to increase student and educator engagement (see H.R. 3582), H7255 [27OC]

——— prevent and reduce use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools (see H.R. 927), H1033 [12FE]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 882), H981 [11FE]

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H3254 [15MY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 1064), H1163 [25FE]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 495), H531 [22JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 756), H853 [5FE]

——— modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see H.R. 906), H982 [11FE]

——— reauthorize hydroelectric production and efficiency improvement incentives (see H.R. 2724), H4136 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H855 [5FE]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H4544 [18JN]

——— coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see H.R. 3952), H10712 [18DE]

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

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H7391 [2NO]

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

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H8242 [16NO]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H3390 [19MY]

——— 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), H2031 [25MR]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution of cough medicines by teenagers (see H.R. 3250), H5944 [10SE]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H4862 [7JY]

——— provide for participation of doctors of chiropractic in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 542), H2211 [14AP]

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 789), H2959 [13MY]

——— 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), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H9012 [3DE]

——— 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), H4863 [7JY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H2880 [12MY]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see H.R. 1344), H2959 [13MY]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 3060), H5976 [11SE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 1101), H4774 [25JN]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H3879 [3JN]

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), H8281 [17NO]

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

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 576), H639 [27JA]

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), H9080 [8DE]

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

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

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: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 581), H668 [30JA]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H9307 [11DE]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize appropriations for University Transportation Centers program (see H.R. 3665), H8282 [17NO]

——— conduct study on adequacy of motor vehicle refueling assistance to disabled individuals and implement regulations in accordance with the results of such study (see H.R. 3217), H5522 [27JY]

——— establish innovation in surface transportation program (see H.R. 1393), H5783 [31JY]

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

——— include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 3805), H7137 [22OC]

——— make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries (see H.R. 1274), H2212 [14AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 359), H1526 [2MR]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process to more quickly determine disability claims (see H.R. 800), H1850 [23MR]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1626 [10MR]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H1850 [23MR]

——— designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 3639), H9026 [7DE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H9206 [9DE]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see H.R. 1969), H5976 [11SE]

——— furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H2880 [12MY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2516), H6977 [13OC]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3365), H10712 [18DE]

——— improve reproductive treatment provided to certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 2257), H9376 [16DE]

——— make certain improvements to the monthly housing stipend payable under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2465), H3505 [20MY]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (see H.R. 1414), H4544 [18JN]

——— modify treatment of agreements entered into to furnish nursing home care, adult day health care, or other extended care services (see H.R. 1369), H4492 [17JN]

——— 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), H1900 [24MR]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 1170), H1850 [23MR]

——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see H.R. 1247), H3642 [1JN]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see H.R. 577), H10712 [18DE]

Depts. of Energy and Labor: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1503), H2212 [14AP]

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

Diseases: improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 1849), H8646 [30NO]

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

Drugs: exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H6076 [16SE]

Education: reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see H.R. 1042), H1771 [18MR]

——— support the community schools model (see H.R. 718), H919 [10FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H6180 [18SE]

Endangered species: provide for trade sanctions against countries involved in illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn (see H.R. 1945), H5788 [4AU]

Endangered Species Act: extend import- and export-related provision to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered in order to ban bringing trophy animals killed abroad back to the U.S. (see H.R. 3526), H6074 [16SE]

Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 119), H1084 [20FE]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H2500 [28AP]

——— 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), H4774 [25JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2773 [30AP]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1677), H3214 [14MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1166 [25FE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2500 [28AP]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2449), H8414 [19NO]

——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 1194), H4652 [24JN]

FCC: allow skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from Universal Service Fund Rural Health Care Program (see H.R. 4111), H8411 [19NO]

——— ensure the integrity of voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas in the delivery of such communications by requiring providers to register and comply with basic quality standards (see H.R. 2566), H3561 [21MY]

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

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H5943 [10SE]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 3492), H5974 [11SE]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H6706 [29SE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H4594 [23JN]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 601), H858 [5FE]

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

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]

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]

Foreign trade: improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 2523), H4493 [17JN]

Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (see H.R. 1582), H1899 [24MR]

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), H3214 [14MY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H1116 [24FE]

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

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H7333 [28OC]

——— provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1856), H3879 [3JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H1902 [24MR]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H8243 [16NO]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H7028 [20OC]

House of Representatives: require all Members, officers, and employees of the House to complete annual ethics training (see H.R. 1037), H1723 [17MR]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 586), H660 [28JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 551), H858 [5FE]

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), H8414 [19NO]

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]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H7027 [20OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5867 [9SE]

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), H2306 [16AP]

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]

Lobbyists: prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying Congress (see H.R. 929), H1033 [12FE]

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

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

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H2035 [25MR]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 670), H919 [10FE]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 835), H2879 [12MY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H10712 [18DE]

——— allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 3355), H10712 [18DE]

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

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 1611), H4862 [7JY]

——— 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), H3391 [19MY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H3759 [2JN]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H1116 [24FE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H3214 [14MY]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H5849 [8SE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H4492 [17JN]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 2878), H4650 [24JN]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 672), H754 [3FE]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 2579), H3581 [29MY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H3581 [29MY]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9079 [8DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1902 [24MR]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2035 [25MR]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7091 [21OC]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 628), H3390 (see H.R. 1919), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H2959 [13MY]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H1898 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H919 [10FE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4544 [18JN]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 605), H2959 [13MY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H187 [9JA]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H4544 [18JN]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H6937 [8OC]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 1202), H1850 [23MR]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 1686), H5943 [10SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H42 [6JA]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H854 [5FE]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 284), H224 [12JA]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2419 [22AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H1165 [25FE]

——— enhance payments to rural health care providers (see H.R. 3225), H5523 [27JY]

——— improve payments for hospital outpatient department services and complex rehabilitation technology and improve program integrity (see H.R. 4273), H10712 [18DE]

Members of Congress: hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not adopt a budget resolution or pass regular appropriations bills on a timely basis during a Congress (see H.R. 673), H754 [3FE]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 187), H482 [21JA]

——— prohibit use of funds provided for official travel expenses of Members and other officers and employees of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations (see H.R. 2210), H3759 [2JN]

——— prohibit use of official funds for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations or for long-term vehicle leases (see H.R. 1339), H1902 [24MR]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 2023), H5981 [15SE]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 244), H2792 [1MY]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H1072 [13FE]

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

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 989), H1618 [4MR]

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

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 2661), H5469 [23JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 57), H4541 [18JN]

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 297), H3878 [3JN]

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

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

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H2307 [16AP]

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

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 253), H2821 [8MY]

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H6076 [16SE]

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 2311), H9080 [8DE]

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

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 8), H535 [22JA]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H6076 [16SE]

——— support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs (see H.R. 831), H1902 [24MR]

OPM: provide complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage to all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies (see H.R. 3029), H5867 [9SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5783 [31JY]

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

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]

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

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H482 [21JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H1117 [24FE]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1117 [24FE]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1038 [12FE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H9080 [8DE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H8414 [19NO]

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: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H4774 [25JN]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 2266), H5849 [8SE]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 146), H1614 [4MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H6706 [29SE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1038 [12FE]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H8972 [2DE]

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), H8242 [16NO]

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3351), H6937 [8OC]

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), H1901 [24MR]

——— 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), H6981 [16OC]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 1346), H1625 [10MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2820), H5592 [28JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]

——— 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), H1368 [26FE]

——— allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see H.R. 2591), H3641 [1JN]

——— assist in the support of children living in poverty by allowing a refundable credit to grandparents for the purchase of household items for the benefit of those children (see H.R. 3475), H5941 [10SE]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax (see H.R. 214), H858 [5FE]

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

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H8242 [16NO]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2752), H4343 [12JN]

——— 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), H1850 [23MR]

——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2412), H4774 [25JN]

——— 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), H6973 [9OC]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H532 [22JA]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4652 [24JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1116 [24FE]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H4345 [12JN]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H403 [14JA]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H3759 [2JN]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 3095), H5788 [4AU]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H480 [21JA]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 1749), H2152 [13AP]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H5866 [9SE]

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

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 297), H1116 [24FE]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H8361 [18NO]

Telecommunications: encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (see H.R. 3103), H5290 [16JY]

Veterans: honor veterans disabled for life (see H. Con. Res. 53), H3577 [26MY]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 1618), H3391 [19MY]

——— constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 25), H3759 [2JN]

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

——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 411), H919 [10FE]

——— provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2887), H4768 [25JN]

Water: anniversary of community water fluoridation (see H. Res. 416), H8282 [17NO]

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), H5783 [31JY]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2920), H5788 [4AU]

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

——— 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

Dept. of Education: establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see H.R. 3369), H5766 [29JY]

——— establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support (see H.R. 2378), H3252 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1707), H2110 [26MR]

Members of Congress: reduce rates of basic pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 688), H755 [3FE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 521), H8152 [5NO]

National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 183), H2111 [26MR]

Villatoros, Max: relief (see H.R. 4261), H9328 [15DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: establish Office of Rural Education Policy (H.R. 3369), H5773 [29JY]

——— establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support (H.R. 2378), H3253 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (H.R. 1707), H2114 [26MR]

Members of Congress: reduce rates of basic pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 688), H757 [3FE]

Villatoros, Max: relief (H.R. 4261), H9328 [15DE]

Remarks

America Recycles Day: observance, E1620• [16NO]

American Pharmacists Month: observance, H7017 [20OC]

Business and industry: allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites (S. 1359), H5804 [8SE]

Dept. of Education: authorize a competitive grant program to implement and evaluate digital learning in rural locales, H1296 [26FE]

——— 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), H1296 [26FE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5013 [9JY]

Health care professionals: tribute to pharmacists, H7017, H7021, H7022, H7023 [20OC]

Honor Flight of Eastern Iowa (organization): tribute, E743• [19MY], E1482• [20OC]

Medicare: provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (H.R. 592), H7021 [20OC]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 244), H7017, H7021, H7022, H7023 [20OC]

Recycling: tribute to efforts of aluminum industry to promote recycling, E1620• [16NO]

Renewable energy: support for the wind energy industry, H6846 [7OC]

Taxation: extend the renewable energy production tax credit, H6846 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, E80• [20JA]

Tributes

Kading, Brian, E655• [5MY]