DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY see also Secret Service

Amendments

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (H.R. 2722), H5183 [15JY]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (S. 284), S8829, S8835 [17DE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2799 [12MY], S2852 [13MY], S2926, S2937, S2938, S2940, S2941, S2942, S2943 [14MY], S2960, S2966, S2967, S2968, S2976, S2977, S2978, S2979, S2980, S2981, S2982, S2983, S2984, S2986, S2987, S2989, S2990, S2992, S2993, S2994, S2995, S2996, S2997, S2998, S2999, S3000, S3001, S3002, S3005 [18MY], S3052, S3053, S3072, S3073, S3077, S3078, S3079, S3080, S3081, S3083, S3084, S3086, S3087 [19MY], S3190, S3191, S3193, S3194, S3195, S3196, S3197, S3198 [20MY], S3247 [21MY], S3311, S3312 [22MY], S7585, S7586, S7598 [28OC], S7656, S7660, S7661, S7662 [29OC], H4247 [12JN], H7273, H7286 [28OC]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: extend termination date (H.R. 26), S110 [8JA], S216 [13JA]

Analyses

Who Benefits From Tax Expenditures? Committee on Finance (Senate), S1886 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

John Boehner’s Last Deal Leaves Congress Better Off, H7269 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see S. 2017), S6533 [9SE] (see H.R. 1730), H2111 [26MR]

American Red Cross: enhance oversight by GAO and Depts. of Homeland Security, Treasury, and State, and develop mechanisms for Dept. of Homeland Security to use social media to improve preparedness and response capabilities (see H.R. 3517), H6074 [16SE]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H4136 [10JN]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 893), H981 [11FE]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see S. 1786), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 2912), H4769 [25JN]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 985), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Coins: alter metallic composition of U.S. coins (see H.R. 516), H532 [22JA]

——— amend content requirements for certain gold and silver coins (see H.R. 1698), H2109 [26MR]

——— prohibit payment of surcharges for commemorative coin programs to private organizations or entities (see H.R. 3097), H5290 [16JY]

Credit: establish a mechanism to allow borrowers of private education loans to refinance their loans (see S. 2050), S6809 [17SE]

Dept. of Education: establish simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan (see H.R. 4256), H9327 [15DE]

Dept. of Energy: expand Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program to include commercial trucks and U.S. flagged vessels and return unspent funds and loan proceeds to reduce the national debt (see S. 1181), S2599 [4MY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 892), S2041 [26MR]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see S. 2185), S7344 [20OC] (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol (see H.R. 1013), H1084 [20FE]

Economy: prohibit a bailout of a State, city, or municipality and designate economic freedom zones (see S. 790), S1629 [18MR]

Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 121), H40 [6JA]

——— establish State and multistate infrastructure banks to provide loans for repair, construction, renovation, or improvement of educational facilities (see H.R. 1962), H2416 [22AP]

Federal agencies and departments: modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1073), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2003), H2463 [23AP]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see S. 1089), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1613 [4MR]

——— use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 1360), H1635 [13MR]

Federal employees: prevent conflicts of interest by prohibiting bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, and address associations between financial regulators and former clients or employers (see S. 1779), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3065), H5235 [15JY]

Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1325), H1613 [4MR]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 1206), S2687 [6MY]

——— allow more small insured depository institutions to qualify for an 18-month on-site examination cycle (see S. 970), S2244 [16AP]

——— allow privately insured credit unions to become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system (see H.R. 299), H357 [13JA]

——— exempt certain small community banks from certain regulations (see S. 1799), S5170 [16JY]

——— include credit unions as community financial institutions under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (see H.R. 2473), H3505 [20MY]

——— pursue with other countries the mutual elimination of government-backed export credit agencies and abolish Eximbank if doing so would not put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage (see H.R. 4302), H10710 [18DE]

——— specify which smaller institutions may qualify for an 18-month examination cycle (see H.R. 1553), H1848 [23MR]

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

Financial Stability Oversight Council: bring into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 3340), H5765 [29JY]

——— hold open meetings, comply with requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and provide additional improvements to the Council (see H.R. 3557), H6178 [18SE]

——— revise reevaluation procedures for determinations that a nonbank financial company shall be supervised by FRS Board of Governors and shall be subject to prudential standards (see H.R. 4248), H9327 [15DE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1263), H1610 [4MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 820), H915 [10FE]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see S. 1383), S3060 [19MY] (see H.R. 1261), H1610 [4MR] (see H.R. 1486), H1802 [19MR]

——— carry out certain requirements before making any new determination relative to supervision of non-bank financial entities (see H.R. 3857), H7346 [29OC]

——— provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains on them (see S. 96), S58 [7JA]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H1610 [4MR]

——— require Senate confirmation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General (see S. 510), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 957), H1035 [12FE]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers (see H.R. 1262), H1610 [4MR]

Government regulations: ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on financial institutions (see S. 881), S2041 [26MR]

Government-sponsored enterprises: provide for repayment of amounts borrowed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the U.S. (see H.R. 1036), H1113 [24FE]

Housing: ensure housing finance reform by prohibiting an increase in the guarantee fee to offset other spending and the sale of preferred shares of Government-sponsored enterprises (see S. 2038), S6699 [16SE]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see S. 284), S589 [28JA]

Immigration: reimburse States and local governments for expenses related to the presence of aliens having no lawful immigration status (see H.R. 369), H405 [14JA]

Infrastructure: establish regional infrastructure accelerator program to facilitate investment in and financing of certain infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2485), H3506 [20MY]

Insurance: establish FRS Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues and study and report on international insurance activities and their impact (see S. 1086), S2431 [27AP]

Investments: improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H1848 [23MR]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

——— extend sanctions and report on use of funds made available through sanctions relief (see S. 1682), S4648 [25JN]

——— impose sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity, establish a watch list for such entities, and support State or local divestment from such entities (see H.R. 4258), H9328 [15DE]

——— require a report on whether Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist entity (see H.R. 3693), H6835 [6OC]

IRS: allow withholding of Social Security numbers on Form 990 from public disclosure (see H.R. 4064), H8360 [18NO]

——— implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft (see S. 845), S1780 [24MR] (see H.R. 1595), H1900 [24MR]

——— increase the dollar limitation on the de minimis safe harbor from treatment as a capital expenditure for taxpayers without applicable financial statements (see H.R. 3318), H5764 [29JY]

——— issue prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 2252), S7814 [5NO]

——— permit the release of information relative to the status of certain investigations (see H.R. 1026), H1113 [24FE]

——— prohibit discretionary bonuses for employees who have engaged in misconduct or who have delinquent tax liability (see S. 2215), S7594 [28OC]

——— prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities (see S. 274), S589 [28JA] (see H.R. 1798), H2268 [15AP]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees until it is certified that no IRS employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt (see H.R. 1206), H1525 [2MR]

——— prohibit officers and employees from using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business (see H.R. 1152), H1498 [27FE]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H2268 [15AP]

——— prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (see H.R. 3724), H6935 [8OC]

——— provide a safe harbor for de minimis errors on information returns and payee statements (see H.R. 3856), H7332 [28OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (see H.R. 1314), H1612 [4MR]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 305), H4134 [10JN] (see H. Res. 495), H7253 [27OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), extend vote reconsideration deadline (see H. Res. 315), H4381 [15JN]

——— provide taxpayer protection and assistance by establishing a statement of taxpayer rights and tax return preparation programs and improving IRS procedures (see S. 2333), S8191 [30NO] (see H.R. 4128), H8644 [30NO]

——— strengthen protections from levy for taxpayers in economic hardship (see H.R. 1979), H2417 [22AP]

Judgment Fund: provide for transparency of payments (see S. 350), S736 [3FE] (see H.R. 1669), H2108 [26MR]

——— require an annual report on amounts paid or payable by Federal agencies (see H.R. 3699), H6892 [7OC]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H7254 [27OC]

Law enforcement: amend laws relative to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal misconduct of confidential informants (see H.R. 2986), H4955 [8JY]

——— require Federal agencies to report to Congress serious crimes committed by confidential informants (see H.R. 2985), H4955 [8JY]

Local government: require appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets (see H.R. 2209), H2791 [1MY]

Members of Congress: provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 3757), H6980 [16OC]

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

Money: convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the ten dollar bill (see S. 1613), S4298 [18JN]

——— convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill (see S. 925), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 1910), H2354 [21AP] (see H.R. 2147), H2767 [30AP]

——— redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see S. 1508), S3776 [4JN] (see S. 1720), S4840 [8JY] (see H.R. 2610), H3757 [2JN]

——— redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Jeannette Rankin (see S. 1633), S4298 [18JN]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 935), H1034 [12FE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H404 [14JA]

Native Americans: provide for the repair, replacement, and maintenance of certain Indian irrigation projects (see S. 438), S900 [10FE]

Nepal: support sustainable recovery and rebuilding following earthquakes (see S. 1882), S6136 [29JY]

Office of Financial Research: bring into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 3340), H5765 [29JY]

——— improve transparency, accountability, governance, and operations (see H.R. 3738), H6973 [9OC]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: impose certain requirements relative to transmittals of country-by-country reports for purposes of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan (see H.R. 4297), H10710 [18DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy (see H.R. 2712), H4135 [10JN]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 1476), H1802 [19MR]

Pilgrims: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of arrival (see S. 1715), S4840 [8JY] (see H.R. 2980), H4955 [8JY]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4162), H8970 [2DE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 294), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 602), H661 [28JA]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1084), S2400 [23AP]

Public debt: appropriately manage debt by limiting use of extraordinary measures (see S. 19), S11 [6JA]

——— increase statutory ceiling by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States of that amendment (see H.R. 3835), H7253 [27OC]

——— make increase in debt ceiling contingent upon implementing certain budget reforms, completing congressional fiscal policy work, and limiting significant regulatory actions (see H.R. 3771), H7026 [20OC]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 2181), S7304 [19OC] (see H.R. 164), H42 [6JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached and require the sale of Federal assets (see H.R. 3753), H6974 [9OC]

——— prohibit use of extraordinary measures to prevent the Government from reaching the statutory debt ceiling or once such ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 2185), H2769 [30AP]

——— provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3807), H7137 [22OC]

——— reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in Government spending (see H.R. 3534), H6136 [17SE]

——— report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H5847 [8SE]

——— report on reduction measures being used to avoid defaulting on Government obligations in the event the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 1497), H1802 [19MR]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 333), S697 [2FE]

——— temporarily extend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3737), H6973 [9OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246), H1609 [4MR]

Puerto Rico: guarantee principal and interest payments on bonds issued by the territory, including its public corporations and instrumentalities, contingent on improvement of public finances management (see H.R. 3725), H6935 [8OC]

Secret Service: provide for additional resources and improve protections for restricted areas (see H.R. 1656), H2108 [26MR]

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

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), H4955 [8JY]

SSA: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 204), S347 [21JA] (see H.R. 409), H430 [20JA]

State Small Business Credit Initiative: reauthorize (see S. 1901), S6186 [30JY]

STEM Education and Training Account: establish (see H.R. 2681), H3914 [4JN]

Strengthening America’s Bridges Fund: establish (see S. 1273), S2759 [11MY]

Taxation: clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax (see S. 187), S238 [16JA] (see H.R. 214), H154 [8JA]

——— develop guidance and procedures for recovery of refunds relative to tax return preparer fraud (see H.R. 1913), H2354 [21AP]

——— ensure that tax return preparers demonstrate minimum standards of competency (see H.R. 4141), H8859 [1DE]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 996), S2245 [16AP]

——— incentivize companies to repatriate foreign earnings held overseas and dedicate tax revenues from such repatriation to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 981), S2244 [16AP]

——— mail paper forms to any individual who filed a paper return for the preceding taxable year (see H.R. 3673), H6787 [1OC]

——— make available an Internet platform for Form 1099 filings (see H.R. 3701), H6892 [7OC]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see S. 1515), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2676), H3914 [4JN]

——— permit the Dept. of the Treasury and the SSA to disclose certain return information relative to identity theft (see S. 1323), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2398), H3308 [18MY]

——— provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return showing how tax dollars are spent and Federal debt and borrowing per U.S. resident (see H.R. 3855), H7332 [28OC]

——— provide debt and tax transparency (see S. 745), S1528 [16MR]

——— provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate (see S. 2378), S8546 [9DE] (see H.R. 3431), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide for the purchase of paper U.S. savings bonds with tax refunds (see H.R. 1652), H2107 [26MR]

——— reduce improper claims of refundable credits by ensuring consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers (see H.R. 3430), H5769 [29JY]

——— regulate tax return preparers (see S. 137), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 1609), H2032 [25MR]

——— study feasibility of providing certain taxpayers with an optional pre-prepared tax return (see S. 940), S2220 [15AP]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H36 [6JA]

Terrorism: allow for use of certain foreign assets to satisfy certain judgments against terrorist parties (see H.R. 3394), H5767 [29JY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: extend termination date (see H.R. 26), H36 [6JA]

Texas Western College: mint coins in recognition of anniversary of men’s basketball championship (see H.R. 2906), H4769 [25JN]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA): transform into a revolving fund (see H.R. 4081), H8410 [19NO]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 566), S1118 [25FE]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 229), S5526 [23JY]

U.S. Mint: terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program (see S. 95), S58 [7JA]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt safe and sound depository institutions, credit unions, and depository institution holding companies from certain titles (see H.R. 3890), H7623 [3NO]

——— repeal certain titles relative to financial stability and orderly liquidation authority (see H.R. 2094), H2653 [29AP]

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

Cloture motions

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3051, S3052 [19MY], S3206 [21MY], S3295 [22MY], S7585 [28OC], S7668 [30OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2699 [7MY], S2786 [12MY], S2912 [14MY]

Letters

Bipartisan Budget Act: Conservative Action Project (organization), S7644 [29OC]

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H4561 [23JN]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4561 [23JN]

Clinton Foundation’s tax-exempt status: Margaret Von Lienen, IRS, H4166 [11JN]

Dept. of the Treasury identification of misaligned currency and act to correct the misalignment: several Senators, S3022 [19MY]

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H67 [7JA]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H67 [7JA]

——— several business organizations, H67 [7JA]

Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right To Appeal Act: Karen Kerrigan, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, H2235 [15AP]

Homebuyers Assistance Act: Richard Cordray, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H6861 [7OC]

Nomination of Adam J. Szubin to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes: Jonathan Greenblatt, Anti-Defamation League, S8142 [19NO]

Prohibit sale of federally-owned preferred shares of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac without congressional approval, S8857 [18DE]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H1648 [16MR]

Volunteer employees exemption from employer health insurance mandate (excerpt), H203 [12JA]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7309 [28OC]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Ukraine: President Obama, S1245 [3MR], H1564 [3MR]

Motions

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2663 [6MY], S2699 [7MY], S7585, S7586 [28OC], S7674 [30OC], H4334 [12JN], H7286 [28OC]

Notices

Intention to object to nomination of Brodi L. Fontenot to be Dept. of the Treasury Chief Financial Officer: Senator Grassley, S2487 [28AP]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: provide for revenue-neutral fee on carbon emissions, H8649 [1DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 893), H4560–H4562 [23JN], H4779 [7JY]

Budget: revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7257, H7258, H7268–H7312 [28OC], H7954 [5NO]

Business and industry: provide regulatory relief to facilitate capital formation and to ensure greater consumer access to financial products and services, H7736, H7737 [4NO]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish, H8324 [18NO]

Coins: amend content requirements for certain gold and silver coins (H.R. 1698), H4562, H4563 [23JN]

——— tribute to the penny in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln, E209 [12FE]

Courts: Federal court ruling to allow House of Representatives v. Burwell to continue relative to the use of funding not appropriated by Congress to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H5945 [11SE]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (H.R. 2722), H5127–H5130 [14JY], H5183 [15JY], E867 [10JN], E1083 [20JY]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana, H7031 [21OC], H8284 [18NO]

——— decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol, H985 [12FE]

Eximbank: remove Dept. of the Treasury guarantees for losses and borrowing authority, H7699–H7701 [4NO]

Financial institutions: allow privately insured credit unions to become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system (H.R. 299), H2119, H2120 [13AP]

——— specify which smaller institutions may qualify for an 18-month examination cycle (H.R. 1553), H6802–H6804 [6OC]

Foreign policy: pursue efforts to shut down Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) oil revenues and report on resources needed for these efforts, H3205 [14MY], H8277 [17NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, H8846–H8849 [1DE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure fair allocation of funds, H2727 [30AP]

——— ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H1856, H1878, H1879 [24MR]

IRS: funding, H2216 [15AP]

——— permit the release of information relative to the status of certain investigations (H.R. 1026), H2233–H2235 [15AP]

——— prohibit officers and employees from using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business (H.R. 1152), H2232, H2233 [15AP], H8348 [18NO]

——— provide a safe harbor for de minimis errors on information returns and payee statements, H9429 [17DE]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), H2235, H2236 [15AP], H3550–H3555 [21MY], H3632–H3634 [1JN], H3645, H3647 [2JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), H4227–H4236 [11JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 495), H7268–H7272 [28OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), extend vote reconsideration deadline (H. Res. 315), H4389–H4395, H4423 [16JN], E922 [18JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4009 [10JN], H4164, H4170, H4213, H4238 [11JN], H4246–H4271, H4323–H4335, H4337–H4341 [12JN], H4347, H4349, H4379 [15JN], H4386 [16JN], H4436 [17JN], H7257, H7258, H7268, H7273–H7312 [28OC], H7954 [5NO]

——— provide taxpayer protection and assistance by establishing a statement of taxpayer rights and tax return preparation programs and improving IRS procedures (H.R. 4128), E1675 [30NO]

——— reform, H2221, H2253 [15AP], H3511 [21MY], H5184 [15JY]

——— response to letter requesting an investigation of the Clinton Foundation tax-exempt status, H4165 [11JN]

——— use of surveillance equipment, H7187 [26OC]

Judgment Fund: require an annual report on amounts paid or payable by Federal agencies (H.R. 3699), H7193 [27OC]

Money: convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill (H.R. 1910), H2660 [30AP], H3393 [20MY]

——— convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill (H.R. 2147), H4388 [16JN]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H622 [27JA]

——— establish (H.R. 935), E207 [12FE]

Public debt: ceiling, H1671 [17MR], H6846 [7OC], H7037, H7038, H7081 [21OC], H7098 [22OC], H7143, H7145, H7163, H7164–H7167, H7169, H7170 [23OC], H7194 [27OC]

——— report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (H.R. 3442), H7037 [21OC]

Secret Service: establish Ethics Program Office, H5493 [27JY]

——— provide for additional resources and improve protections for restricted areas (H.R. 1656), H5491–H5494 [27JY]

Taxation: clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, H179, H180 [9JA], H951 [11FE]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax (H.R. 214), H160 [9JA], E34 [8JA]

——— ensure that all forms of bitumen or synthetic crude oil from bitumen are subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, H951 [11FE]

——— regulate tax return preparers (H.R. 1609), E438 [26MR]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 27), E1 [6JA]

——— tribute to taxpayers filing Federal income tax returns, H2221 [15AP]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: extend termination date (H.R. 26), H59–H71 [7JA], H182 [9JA], H2447, H2448 [23AP], E33 [8JA]

Remarks in Senate

Adeyemo, Adewale: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for International Markets and Development, unanimous-consent request, S8518 [9DE]

Air pollution: provide for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emission fees, S3445–S3447 [2JN]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (S. 2017), S6536 [9SE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 893), S4656 [25JN]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (S. 301), S1830 [24MR]

Budget: revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7497 [27OC], S7551–S7553, S7558 [28OC], S7601–S7605, S7608–S7611, S7616–S7620, S7623–S7652 [29OC], S7665–S7673 [30OC], S7802 [5NO]

Coins: tribute to the penny in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln, S978 [12FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): revision of budgetary allocations, aggregates, and levels, S8841 [18DE]

Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund: subject to annual appropriations process, S1651, S1652 [19MR]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol, S7620 [29OC]

Federal employees: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund prohibiting discretionary bonuses for employees who have delinquent tax liability, S1857 [25MR]

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: hiring practices, S2471 [28AP]

Financial institutions: allow more small insured depository institutions to qualify for an 18-month on-site examination cycle, S8335 [3DE]

——— allow privately insured credit unions to become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system, S8335 [3DE]

——— exempt certain small community banks from certain regulations (S. 1799), S5173 [16JY]

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

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

Fontenot, Brodi L.: nomination to be Dept. of the Treasury Chief Financial Officer, S2471 [28AP]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, S3036–S3042 [19MY], S3090, S3092, S3107, S3112 [20MY], S3257, S3280–S3283, S3291, S3292 [22MY]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process, S5443 [22JY]

——— bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (S. 1383), S5197 [21JY]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for funding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent agency, S2002 [26MR]

——— provide congressional oversight of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and curtail massive collection of sensitive financial information of consumers, S5197–S5200 [21JY], S5443 [22JY]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission, S5443 [22JY]

Gerety, Amias: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Institutions, unanimous-consent request, S8519 [9DE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit sale of federally-owned preferred shares of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac without congressional approval, S8856, S8857 [18DE]

Hardest Hit Fund program: continue to provide funding for State urban renewal projects, S5478, S5479 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

——— funding, S8591 [10DE]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (S. 284), S8835, S8836 [17DE]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S2838–S2840 [13MY], S2906, S2918 [14MY], S3006 [18MY], S3022–S3024, S3050, S3052 [19MY], S3099 [20MY], S3229 [21MY], S3256–S3258, S3261–S3263, S3265–S3269, S3285, S3286–S3288, S3291–S3293 [22MY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2255 [16AP], S2261 [20AP], S2743 [11MY], S2906, S2926 [14MY], S2951–S2964, S2966–S2968, S3006 [18MY], S3009, S3014–S3053 [19MY], S3089–S3100, S3103, S3104, S3106–S3109, S3112 [20MY], S3202–S3207, S3209–S3213, S3216, S3219–S3223, S3225–S3231 [21MY], S3253, S3255–S3259, S3261–S3263, S3265–S3270, S3272, S3277, S3279–S3283, S3285–S3288, S3290–S3299 [22MY], S4010 [10JN], S4066–S4068 [11JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), House amendment, S7497 [27OC], S7551–S7553, S7558 [28OC], S7601–S7605, S7608–S7611, S7616–S7620, S7623–S7652 [29OC], S7665–S7675 [30OC], S7802 [5NO]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2663 [6MY], S2699, S2700, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2767–S2772, S2779–S2792 [12MY], S2815–S2819, S2821, S2826, S2834–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2902, S2906, S2908–S2922 [14MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), unanimous-consent agreement, S2733 [7MY], S2834 [13MY], S2926 [14MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), unanimous-consent request, S3026, S3045, S3046, S3047, S3048, S3049 [19MY], S3291 [22MY]

Native Americans: provide for the repair, replacement, and maintenance of certain Indian irrigation projects (S. 438), S924 [11FE]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: impact of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project Action Plan on U.S. and international tax strategies, S5155–S5157 [16JY]

Petroleum: clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, S451 [26JA]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S7974, S7978 [17NO], S8141–S8143 [19NO], S8519 [9DE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1084), S2405 [23AP]

Public debt: ceiling, S7310 [20OC], S7372–S7374 [21OC], S7436, S7441–S7443, S7445–S7447 [22OC], S7518 [27OC], S7708 [3NO]

——— create a point of order against increasing the public debt ceiling under reconciliation, S2012, S2013 [26MR]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 2181), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC], S7627, S7647 [29OC]

——— reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in Government spending, S8459 [8DE]

Secret Service: anniversary, S4941 [9JY]

——— improper accessing of personnel file of Representative Chaffetz by certain agents, S7111–S7113 [5OC], S8187 [30NO]

States: ensure funding provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program is used to demolish blighted structures, S5491 [23JY]

Szubin, Adam J.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, S4661 [7JY], S8141–S8143 [19NO], S8518 [9DE], S8768 [17DE]

——— nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, unanimous-consent request, S8517, S8518 [9DE]

Tax debt: prohibit use of private collection agencies to collect, S8358 [3DE]

Taxation: clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, S189 [13JA], S222–S224 [16JA], S335 [21JA], S395, S396 [22JA], S453 [26JA], S523 [27JA], S637 [29JA]

——— ensure that all forms of bitumen or synthetic crude oil from bitumen are subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, S394, S395 [22JA]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (S. 996), S2297 [21AP]

——— regulate tax return preparers (S. 137), S103 [8JA]

——— review of tax expenditures, S1886 [25MR]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: extend termination date (H.R. 26), S51 [7JA], S73–S79, S81–S85 [8JA], S121 [9JA], S678 [2FE]

——— extend termination date (H.R. 26), unanimous-consent agreement, S69 [8JA]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (S. Res. 229), S5559 [23JY]

U.S. Mint: terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program (S. 95), S2183 [14AP]

Wall, Anne E.: nomination to be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs, S4585 [24JN]

——— nomination to be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs, unanimous-consent agreement, S4583 [24JN]

Reports filed

Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 299) (H. Rept. 114–58), H2151 [13AP]

Centennial Monetary Commission Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2912) (H. Rept. 114–331), H8238 [16NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2596, Intelligence Services Appropriations and Extend Vote Reconsideration Deadline for H.R. 1314, Trade Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 315) (H. Rept. 114–155), H4381 [15JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 114–315), H7253 [27OC]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Trade Act and Senate Amendments to H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 114–146), H4134 [10JN]

Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3442) (H. Rept. 114–291), H6892 [7OC]

Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right To Appeal Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1314) (H. Rept. 114–67), H2151 [13AP]

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]

Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 284), S6134 [29JY]

IRS Email Transparency Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1152) (H. Rept. 114–69), H2151 [13AP]

Nomination of Anne E. Wall To Be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4021 [10JN]

Secret Service Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1656) (H. Rept. 114–231), H5587 [28JY]

Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1553) (H. Rept. 114–280), H6834 [6OC]

Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1026) (H. Rept. 114–68), H2151 [13AP]

Rulings of the Chair

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3293, S3294 [22MY]

Statements

Nomination of Adam J. Szubin To Be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes: Jason Isaacson, American Jewish Committee, S8142 [19NO]

——— Mark D. Wallace and Joseph I. Lieberman, United Against Nuclear Iran (organization), S8143 [19NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 305, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 1314, Trade Act and Senate amendments to H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, H4227 [11JN]

H. Res. 315, consideration of H.R. 2596, intelligence services appropriations, and extend vote reconsideration deadline for H.R. 1314, Trade Act, H4389 [16JN]

H. Res. 495, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7268 [28OC]

H.R. 26, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, H59–H66 [7JA]

H.R. 299, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act, H2119 [13AP]

H.R. 893, Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, H4560 [23JN]

H.R. 1026, Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act, H2233 [15AP]

H.R. 1152, IRS Email Transparency Act, H2232 [15AP]

H.R. 1314, Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right To Appeal Act, H2235 [15AP]

H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act, H6802 [6OC]

H.R. 1656, Secret Service Improvements Act, H5491 [27JY]

H.R. 1698, Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings Act, H4563 [23JN]

H.R. 2722, Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act, H5127 [14JY]

S. 137, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act, S104 [8JA]

S. 284, Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, S8835 [17DE]

S. 301, Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, S1831 [24MR]

S. 1786, Centennial Monetary Commission Act, S5172 [16JY]

S. Res. 229, U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day, S5537 [23JY]