KILDEE, DANIEL T. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4653 [24JN], H4758 [25JN]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8930 [2DE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H2839 [12MY]

Appointments

President’s Export Council, H1511 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H5239 [15JY]

——— 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), H4862 [7JY]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service (see H.R. 363), H9012 [3DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3254 [15MY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H664 [28JA]

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

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 18), H4433 [16JN]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2500 [28AP]

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see H. Res. 214), H9308 [11DE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H4862 [7JY]

Commission To Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance: establish (see H.R. 3741), H6973 [9OC]

Corps of Engineers: control spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species (see H.R. 1135), H1369 [26FE]

——— transfer an archaeological collection, commonly referred to as the Kennewick Man or the Ancient One, to the Washington State Dept. of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (see H.R. 4131), H8645 [30NO]

Cosmetics: prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see H.R. 1321), H2656 [29AP]

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

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2309), H5298 [20JY]

——— provide a temporary license for certain mortgage loan originators transitioning between bank and nonbank entities (see H.R. 2121), H5089 [10JY]

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]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H6706 [29SE]

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), H2772 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 3068), H5235 [15JY]

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

——— award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 2065), H7254 [27OC]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H. Res. 294), H7190 [26OC]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H7743 [4NO]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H2156 [13AP]

——— 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), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H4862 [7JY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H8414 [19NO]

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

Dept. of HUD: establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 201), H814 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2197), H10712 [18DE]

——— provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 2643), H7254 [27OC]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 1088), H2500 [28AP]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 78), H8281 [17NO]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6180 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 249), H7742 [4NO] (see H.R. 407), H8241 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8282 [17NO]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H7626 [3NO]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 2495), H3558 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H5173 [14JY]

——— designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (see H.R. 1688), H4957 [8JY]

——— establish a Veterans Conservation Corps (see H.R. 1978), H8242 [16NO]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H1032 [12FE]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 2193), H5173 [14JY]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 4080), H9329 [15DE]

——— 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), H7743 [4NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H1071 [13FE]

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

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2308 [16AP]

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

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H8860 [1DE]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 317), H6789 [1OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H1072 [13FE]

——— promote public and private partnerships to increase training programs, tax incentives, and industry and State apprenticeships (see H. Res. 286), H6308 [28SE]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 223), H814 [4FE]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see H.R. 243), H858 [5FE]

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

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

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), H10712 [18DE]

——— support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

FCC: 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), H9012 [3DE]

Federal employees: provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (see H.R. 1531), H4493 [17JN]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H8861 [1DE]

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

Financial institutions: provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (see H.R. 2642), H3877 [3JN]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6893 [7OC]

——— prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3051), H9013 [3DE]

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), H4544 [18JN]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 820), H8414 [19NO]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (see H.R. 2979), H4955 [8JY]

——— 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), H2152 [13AP]

FTC: prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H3388 [19MY]

Gambling: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (see H.R. 308), H1850 [23MR]

Gordy, Berry, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 550), H9011 [3DE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3879 [3JN]

——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 117), H4544 [18JN]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H5089 [10JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5783 [31JY]

House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H6795 [5OC]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H7091 [21OC]

Immigration: prohibit Executive agencies from using the term ‘‘alien’’ to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and establish a uniform definition for the term ‘‘foreign national’’ (see H.R. 3785), H7347 [29OC]

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 263), H3212 [14MY]

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H8152 [5NO]

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 3105), H5404 [22JY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 309), H4242 [11JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H6789 [1OC]

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]

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), H2356 [21AP]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 835), H5173 [14JY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H7625 [3NO]

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

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H8414 [19NO]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H2155 [13AP]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H2156 [13AP]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H8414 [19NO]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2356 [21AP]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6789 [1OC]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 605), H4492 [17JN]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide that payments made to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (see H.R. 1250), H2879 [12MY]

——— 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), H6789 [1OC]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H8414 [19NO]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1526 [2MR]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2210 [14AP]

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

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H7189 [26OC]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 141), H2156 [13AP]

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

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H4492 [17JN]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1900), H4493 [17JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 360), H404 [14JA]

Native Americans: reaffirm trust status of land taken into trust by the U.S. for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust (see H.R. 3137), H7743 [4NO]

Nepal: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2033), H2773 [30AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H5976 [11SE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 799), H3507 [20MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5776 [29JY]

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

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see H.R. 4029), H8415 [19NO]

——— modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see H.R. 2844), H7189 [26OC]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H9012 [3DE]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H7254 [27OC]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H814 [4FE]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H6308 [28SE]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2271 [15AP]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H4593 [23JN]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7390 [2NO]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 324), H4491 [17JN]

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

Roads and highways: add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities (see H.R. 3740), H6973 [9OC]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H2500 [28AP]

SEC: allow the owning of certain securities by, change capital structure requirements of, and revise certain rules relative to business development companies (see H.R. 3868), H7743 [4NO]

——— establish an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3784), H9272 [10DE]

——— repeal a certain reporting requirement (see H.R. 3032), H7254 [27OC]

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), H7391 [2NO]

Social Security: 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), H6789 [1OC]

——— 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]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H9271 [10DE]

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

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H7347 [29OC]

Taxation: 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]

——— exclude from gross income the discharge of indebtedness income on student loans of deceased veterans (see H.R. 2874), H8281 [17NO]

——— expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 701), H810 [4FE]

——— 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), H2655 [29AP]

——— extend credit for health insurance costs of certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension recipients (see H.R. 1143), H2155 [13AP]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H981 [11FE]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and allow Head Start teachers the same deduction (see H.R. 2692), H4493 [17JN]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 415), H1073 [17FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H3565 [21MY]

Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 684), H4492 [17JN]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 764), H853 [5FE]

Turkey: urge respect for human rights and freedom of expression, including online or in social media, and reaffirm U.S. relationship (see H. Res. 279), H3565 [21MY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5031 [9JY]

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

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 885), H8241 [16NO] (see H.R. 2867), H6180 [18SE]

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see H.R. 1459), H6789 [1OC]

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), H8242 [16NO]

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

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2654), H4345 [12JN]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 51), H3215 [14MY]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 69), H918 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: make student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 3451), H5847 [8SE]

Canada: ensure the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see H. Res. 194), H2153 [13AP]

Credit: prohibit private educational lenders from requiring accelerated repayment of private education loans upon the death or disability of the cosigner of the loan (see H.R. 3450), H5847 [8SE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: more effectively provide mental health resources for Armed Forces members and veterans at high risk of suicide (see H.R. 3972), H8151 [5NO]

Education: reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see H.R. 1042), H1113 [24FE]

Great Lakes: foster bilateral engagement and scientific analysis of storing nuclear waste in permanent repositories in the Great Lakes Basin (see H.R. 3483), H5942 [10SE]

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), H2654 [29AP]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any amount awarded under a Federal Pell Grant and any portion of a scholarship used by a full-time student for room and board (see H.R. 3452), H5847 [8SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Bankruptcy: make student loans dischargeable (H.R. 3451), H5848 [8SE]

Credit: prohibit private educational lenders from requiring accelerated repayment of private education loans upon the death or disability of the cosigner of the loan (H.R. 3450), H5848 [8SE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: more effectively provide mental health resources for Armed Forces members and veterans at high risk of suicide (H.R. 3972), H8154 [5NO]

Education: reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (H.R. 1042), H1115 [24FE]

Great Lakes: foster bilateral engagement and scientific analysis of storing nuclear waste in permanent repositories in the Great Lakes Basin (H.R. 3483), H5942 [10SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any amount awarded under a Federal Pell Grant and any portion of a scholarship used by a full-time student for room and board (H.R. 3452), H5848 [8SE]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H9040 [8DE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H815 [5FE], H871 [10FE], H1092 [24FE], H1505 [2MR], H1638 [16MR], H2322 [21AP], H2825 [12MY], H3585 [1JN], H3925 [9JN], H4777 [7JY], H5473 [27JY], H6264 [28SE], H6800 [6OC], H8157 [16NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H483, H497, H505 [22JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H491 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2933 [13MY]

American Association of University Women: anniversary of Flint, MI, branch, E853• [9JN]

Appropriations: legislative process, H8254 [17NO]

——— making continuing, H6264 [28SE]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Bay City, E1114• [23JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1638 [16MR], H1667 [17MR], H5862 [9SE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1857 [24MR]

Burton, MI: anniversary of Ebenezer Ministries, E1343• [24SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1619), H2163 [14AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, H2322 [21AP]

Credit: provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8314 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 449), H6755 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: require school districts that use local educational agencies’ aid funds for afterschool and summer programs to report and describe activities in local plans, H1261 [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), H1261 [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), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1188 [26FE]

——— 21st Century Community Learning Centers funding, H1188 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H871 [10FE], H928 [11FE], H1040 [13FE], H1093 [24FE], H1122 [25FE], H1506 [2MR]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), Senate amendment, H1574 [4MR]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1093 [24FE], H1122, H1130 [25FE], H1183 [26FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1390 [27FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 129), H1381 [27FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4329 [12JN]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (H.R. 3842), H9040 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9017 [7DE], H9033 [8DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4758, H4759 [25JN], H4967 [9JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H7665 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (H.R. 1994), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5616 [29JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5616 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2622 [29AP]

——— prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H2622 [29AP]

EPA: address how megawatt hours discharged from pumped hydroelectric storage will be incorporated in State and Federal clean energy plans, H4627 [24JN]

——— determine if State permit program are compliant with new water rules, notify States in writing of compliancy, and allow States not in compliance two years to become compliant, H2839 [12MY]

——— Drinking Water State Revolving Fund eligibility reform, H4758, H4759 [25JN]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (H.R. 2042), H4627 [24JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2163 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H3926 [9JN], H4446 [17JN], H5302 [21JY], H5616 [29JY]

——— reauthorize and reform (H.R. 3611), H6755 [1OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7224 [27OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H4453 [17JN]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4967 [9JY]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Macedonia Ministry Baptist Church, E770• [21MY]

——— anniversary of New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church, E1293• [16SE]

——— anniversary of Vermont Christian Church, E1379• [29SE]

——— high lead levels in drinking water, H6931 [8OC]

——— provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals, H8157 [16NO]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4329 [12JN], H4504 [18JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, human rights, and environmental standards, H143 [8JA]

FRS: establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), H2366 [22AP]

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

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H5986 [16SE], H6264 [28SE], H6718 [30SE], H8871 [2DE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H779 [4FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H672 [2FE], H815 [5FE]

Hekmati, Amir: call for release from prison in Iran, H2157 [14AP]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H7637 [4NO]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1040 [13FE], H1093 [24FE], H1122 [25FE], H1381, H1390 [27FE]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 399), H587 [27JA]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5926 [10SE]

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (H. Res. 233), H2964 [14MY], H4355, H4356 [15JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), consideration (H. Res. 449), H6755 [1OC]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H2964 [14MY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4329 [12JN]

Journal: question of approval, H1855 [24MR]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, H6751 [1OC]

Michigan: tribute to Vietnam veterans, E1085• [21JY]

National Park Service: allow display of U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag, or restricted display of Confederate flags in national cemeteries and reaffirm policy to request removal of Confederate flag from concession stands, H4967 [9JY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 360), H1820 [23MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7665 [4NO]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), Senate amendments, H2964 [14MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H815 [5FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H672 [2FE], H815 [5FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4453 [17JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H5986 [16SE], H6314 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H8871 [2DE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6103 [17SE]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8930, H8931 [2DE]

Public debt: ceiling, H7038 [21OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H712 [3FE], H6800 [6OC], H7038 [21OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H2825 [12MY], H3585 [1JN], H3772 [3JN], H4386 [16JN], H4777 [7JY], H4877 [8JY], H5474 [27JY], H7665 [4NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), consideration (H. Res. 388), H5616 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7197 [27OC]

Saginaw, MI: anniversary of Hoyt Library, E1406• [1OC]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H79 [7JA]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage, H4604 [24JN]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 321), H4504 [18JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4329 [12JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4453 [17JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H143 [8JA], H4504 [18JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary, E1085• [21JY]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary, H5534 [28JY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H2839 [12MY]

Tributes

Bates, Leo, E1633• [17NO]

Dumont, Roy A., H3319 [19MY], E746• [19MY]

Isaac, Alexander H., Jr., E736• [18MY]

Jackson, Warren N., H3319 [19MY], E752• [19MY]

Kincaid, Scott, E1742• [9DE]

Knox, Urundi B., E1343• [24SE]

Leitermann, Donna, E887• [12JN]

Marshall, Quinton L., Sr., E1292• [16SE]

Walker-Griffea, Beverly, E553• [22AP]