GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5552, H5555, H5556, H5557, H5558, H5559, H5560, H5561, H5563 [28JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), consideration (H. Res. 380), H5543 [28JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), S8581, S8586, S8610 [10DE], H3353, H3354, H3356 [19MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 560), H9284 [11DE]

Bills and resolutions

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]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 522), H581 [26JA]

Congress: end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see S. 1575), S4137 [15JN]

Credit: enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 1847), S5526 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 300), S653 [29JA] (see S. 327), S697 [2FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see S. 2176), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3721), H6935 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (see H.R. 1850), H2306 [16AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct audits relative to timely access of veterans to hospital care, medical services, and other care (see S. 2229), S7722 [3NO]

——— conduct reviews of certain budget requests for the medical care accounts (see H.R. 90), H39 [6JA]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H532 [22JA]

Electric power: conduct a study on the effects of forward capacity auctions and other capacity mechanisms on electricity prices, supply, and competition in energy markets (see S. 1272), S2759 [11MY]

Employment: develop and submit a report on the current state of the skills gap that includes an analysis of the effectiveness of efforts to close the skills gap and recommendations to improve such efforts (see S. 1920), S6296 [4AU]

FDA: assess the FDA’s current regulatory pathway for reviewing generic versions of nonbiologic complex drug products (see H.R. 1576), H1899 [24MR]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see S. 236), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 484), H530 [22JA]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H479 [21JA]

——— improve financial and administrative controls and procedures to assess and mitigate fraud risks and development and use of data analytics for fraud identification, prevention, and response (see S. 2133), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 4180), H9011 [3DE]

——— prohibit certain agencies from using or purchasing certain firearms and require GAO report on Federal units receiving tactical training that respond to certain high-risk situations (see H.R. 4164), H8971 [2DE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 226), S348 [21JA] (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), consideration (see H. Res. 380), H5522 [27JY]

——— require Inspectors General and GAO to report on use of logical access controls and other security practices to safeguard information on Federal computer systems (see S. 1990), S6381 [5AU]

FEMA: require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3317), H5764 [29JY]

Firearms: study and report to Congress on secure gun storage or safety devices (see H.R. 4145), H8859 [1DE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 264), S541 [27JA] (see S. 2232), S7722 [3NO] (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Government: require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs (see S. Res. 102), S1585 [17MR]

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]

Hurricanes: conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection (see S. 70), S58 [7JA]

Immigration: terminate K–1 fiance(e) visa program until Congress votes to resume it and require GAO to review national security risks associated with this program (see H.R. 4274), H9374 [16DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2250), H2875 [12MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3308 [18MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 560), H9269 [10DE]

Motor vehicles: make available to the public a report that assesses the organizational readiness of the Dept. of Transportation to protect consumer privacy during development of autonomous vehicle technologies (see H.R. 3876), H7389 [2NO]

National Credit Union Administration: study (see H.R. 1176), H1499 [27FE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 805), H855 [5FE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding pending congressional review of GAO report on activities (see H.R. 3443), H5847 [8SE]

Social Security: study feasibility of modifying waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 4110), H8411 [19NO]

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), H5465 [23JY]

Cloture motions

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), motion to proceed, S8875 [18DE]

Letters

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H590 [27JA]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H590 [27JA]

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5546, H5547 [28JY]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H5546 [28JY]

——— Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H5546 [28JY]

Motions

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5570 [28JY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), S8875 [18DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H9295 [11DE]

Remarks in House

Aviation: conduct study on how much non-commercial jet fuel tax revenue is diverted to the Highway Trust Fund due to ‘‘fuel fraud’’ tax, H7719 [4NO]

Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements, H4054 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S., H242 [13JA]

——— protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (H.R. 1850), E522 [16AP]

Dept. of Transportation: study impact of certain changes to the Jobs Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program on the ability of low-income individuals served by JARC to use public transportation to get to work, H7683 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct reviews of certain budget requests for the medical care accounts (H.R. 90), H990 [12FE]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections, H5075 [10JY]

Federal agencies and departments: exempt major rules on oil and gas pipeline safety and pipeline spill prevention or mitigation from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5559, H5560 [28JY]

——— exempt major rules relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5563 [28JY]

——— exempt major rules relative to nuclear reactor safety standards from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5562, H5563 [28JY]

——— exempt major rules relative to public health and safety from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5560, H5561 [28JY]

——— exempt major rules relative to the health and safety of infants from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5561 [28JY]

——— include Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rules under major rules that shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, H5556, H5557 [28JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5120 [14JY], H5451 [23JY], H5537, H5545–H5572, H5578 [28JY], H5599, H5602, H5609 [29JY], H8347 [18NO], E1191 [29JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), motion to recommit, H5570 [28JY]

——— require agency reports on proposed Federal rules include an analysis of anticipated jobs gained or lost due to implementation and specify if jobs are public or private, H5557, H5558 [28JY]

Federal Highway Administration: study purchasing power and quantify cost of compliance with Federal regulations, H7585, H7586 [3NO]

Federal Railroad Administration: conduct a study to evaluate effectiveness of rule on use of locomotive horns at rail crossings, H1596, H1597 [4MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks, H8329, H8339 [18NO]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 24), H5342 [22JY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 264), H5342 [22JY]

Harbors: conduct study on economic impact of west coast ports ongoing labor contract negotiations, H7676 [4NO]

Hazardous substances: conduct study on ways to improve the National Response Center and response to hazardous substance release and oil spills, H8930, H8931 [2DE]

Immigration: terminate K–1 fiance(e) visa program until Congress votes to resume it and require GAO to review national security risks associated with this program (H.R. 4274), H9332 [16DE]

Information technology: report to Congress on actions taken to remove personal information from data shared about cybersecurity threats, H2394, H2395 [22AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: across-the-board funding reduction with the exception of Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and the Sergeant at Arms accounts, H3356, H3357 [19MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3339–H3359 [19MY], E765 [20MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3321–H3329 [19MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 560), H9275–H9286 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), Senate amendments, H9295 [11DE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (H.R. 805), H4550, H4551 [23JN]

Power resources: submit report to Congress on benefits of battery energy storage and impact on national grid and renewable energy utilization, H8934, H8935 [2DE]

Space policy: conduct study analyzing third-party liability for spaceflight participants, H3526 [21MY]

——— require report on use of space support vehicle services in commercial space industry, H3532 [21MY]

Water: release of report that finds EPA violated Federal law during social media campaign to promote rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H9323 [15DE], H10698 [18DE]

Remarks in Senate

Credit: provide secondary mortgage reform by establishing the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp., abolishing the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and phasing out housing Government-sponsored enterprises, S8760 [17DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require GAO audits of major medical facilities construction projects, S3736 [4JN]

Federal agencies and departments: address misuse of paid administrative leave by employees, S8125 [19NO]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), S8246 [1DE], S8248 [2DE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (S. 226), S5157 [16JY]

——— require Inspectors General and GAO to report on use of logical access controls and other security practices to safeguard information on Federal computer systems, S7337 [20OC]

Federal aid programs: conduct study of programs or initiatives related to human trafficking and determine if any programs or initiatives are duplicates, S2326 [22AP]

Financial institutions: impact of revising certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S7892 [10NO], S8287 [2DE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), S7728 [3NO], S7734 [4NO]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), motion to proceed, S8875 [18DE]

Information technology: improve cybersecurity, S5912 [27JY], S6765 [16SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), S8581 [10DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2250), unanimous-consent agreement, S8586 [10DE]

Marine Corps: report on audit, S6254–S6256 [4AU]

Medicare: impact of improper payments, S7370 [21OC]

Senior citizens: release of report on hunger, S4196 [16JN]

Reports

Health Insurance Exchanges—Coverage of Non-Excepted Abortion Services by Qualified Health Plans: (excerpt), H500 [22JA]

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

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 427, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 380) (H. Rept. 114–230), H5522 [27JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2250, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 114–120), H3308 [18MY]

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 805) (H. Rept. 114–175), H4591 [23JN]

Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 350) (H. Rept. 114–9), H637 [27JA]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2250) (H. Rept. 114–110), H2875 [12MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2250) (S. Rept. 114–64), S4103 [11JN]

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 427) (H. Rept. 114–214), H5329 [21JY]

Tables

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3341–H3344 [19MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 2250, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3321 [19MY]

H. Res. 380, consideration of H.R. 427, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act and specify persons to be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto during joint meeting to receive Pope Francis, H5539 [28JY]

H.R. 350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H589 [27JA]

H.R. 427, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, H5552–H5555 [28JY]

H.R. 805, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, H4550 [23JN]

H.R. 2250, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3348–H3353 [19MY]

S. 2176, Affordable College Textbook Act, S7276 [8OC]

S. Res. 102, Congressional Oversight To Start Taxpayer (COST) Savings Resolution, S1588 [17MR]