LANGEVIN, JAMES R. (a Representative from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1259 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2435 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4753 [25JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3852 [3JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2715 [30AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4699 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air Force: require a demonstration program on the accession as officers of candidates with auditory impairments (see H.R. 1722), H5776 [29JY]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service (see H.R. 363), H404 [14JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5867 [9SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H3391 [19MY]

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

Armed Forces: allow credit reporting agencies to notify active servicemembers when an adverse action is posted on their credit report (see H.R. 1514), H1803 [19MR]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2795 [1MY]

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

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

Business and industry: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (see H.R. 625), H5775 [29JY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 35), H406 [14JA]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 469), H530 [22JA]

——— provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 1706), H6076 [16SE]

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), H668 [30JA]

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

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see H.R. 2804), H4490 [17JN]

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

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 3862), H7346 [29OC]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H3254 [15MY]

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

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H9013 [3DE]

Consumers: provide for additional protections and disclosures to consumers when financial products or services are related to the consumers’ military or Federal pensions (see H.R. 3850), H7331 [28OC]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 23), H705 [2FE]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H5849 [8SE]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 1565), H1898 [24MR]

——— prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2309), H2957 [13MY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H1610 [4MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize Farm to School Program (see H.R. 1061), H3254 [15MY]

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 grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 541), H757 [3FE]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 523), H705 [2FE]

——— award grants to States that enact laws making school attendance compulsory through the age of 17 (see H.R. 2371), H3252 [15MY]

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

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H8646 [30NO]

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

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 850), H1166 [25FE]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see H.R. 3964), H8151 [5NO]

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

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

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 2762), H4343 [12JN]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H10712 [18DE]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1421), H1767 [18MR]

——— require State report cards to include information on academic progress of homeless children in foster care (see H.R. 3221), H5523 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements (see H.R. 2132), H2767 [30AP]

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

Dept. of HHS: allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see H.R. 3160), H5402 [22JY]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H8414 [19NO]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H6893 [7OC]

——— establish grant programs to improve the health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation (see H.R. 2932), H7333 [28OC]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6750 [30SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 1600), H2031 [25MR]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H5976 [11SE]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1723 [17MR]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H6228 [24SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H8155 [5NO]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H7090 [21OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H5849 [8SE]

——— improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks (see H.R. 2285), H4652 [24JN]

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

Dept. of HUD: establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (see H.R. 251), H2310 [16AP]

——— modify premium charges and dollar amount limit on loans financing alterations, repairs, and improvements to, or conversion of, existing structures, including energy efficiency home improvements (see H.R. 2982), H8860 [1DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1076), H9012 [3DE]

——— authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H1116 [24FE]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H6836 [6OC]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 1088), H2115 [26MR]

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

Dept. of the Interior: acquire land in Martinez, CA, for inclusion in John Muir National Historic Site (see H.R. 1289), H2156 [13AP]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H1801 [19MR]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 2531), H3560 [21MY]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H5943 [10SE]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2008), H2960 [13MY]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H4593 [23JN]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H4003 [9JN]

——— establish a pilot program to provide furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans transitioning into permanent housing (see H.R. 2522), H3759 [2JN]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 563), H4593 [23JN]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H5783 [31JY]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H3565 [21MY]

——— identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans for program evaluation purposes (see H.R. 2915), H5525 [27JY]

——— improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (see H.R. 1948), H3643 [1JN]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H2773 [30AP]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (see H.R. 1331), H3574 [22MY]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H479 [21JA]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 2327), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 288), H1501 [27FE]

——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see H.R. 1247), H1771 [18MR]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 2227), H2792 [1MY]

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), H4493 [17JN]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 317), H7742 [4NO]

Education: provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers (see H.R. 4263), H9373 [16DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H430 [20JA]

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), H1033 [12FE]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 3071), H5236 [15JY]

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

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

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), H4957 [8JY]

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

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc.: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 349), H4955 [8JY]

FCC: require mobile service providers and smartphone manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from smartphones and render such devices inoperable (see H.R. 2024), H2475 [27AP]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 913), H1032 [12FE]

Federal aid programs: provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (see H.R. 4144), H9080 [8DE]

Federal employees: ensure that 6 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 532), H582 [26JA]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 3635), H6704 [29SE]

——— provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see H.R. 313), H1071 [13FE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 258), H188 [9JA]

FERC: provide that any inaction that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review (see H.R. 2984), H4955 [8JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H2500 [28AP]

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

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6836 [6OC]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 3411), H5768 [29JY]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2380), H3252 [15MY]

——— 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), H5333 [21JY]

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

——— provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H9272 [10DE]

——— reauthorize ban on undetectable firearms and require plastic guns to be made with certain non-removable metal parts so they can be detected by metal detectors (see H.R. 2699), H4001 [9JN]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 4269), H9374 [16DE]

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

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 2916), H4770 [25JN]

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

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 609), H661 [28JA]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 820), H2270 [15AP]

——— require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3304), H5763 [29JY]

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

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4651 [24JN]

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

Herrera, Juan F.: tribute (see H. Res. 353), H4956 [8JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

House of Representatives: require all Members, officers, and employees of the House to complete annual ethics training (see H.R. 1037), H1502 [27FE]

House Rules: amend to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity (see H. Res. 428), H7091 [21OC]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (see H.R. 1354), H1635 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 551), H1038 [12FE]

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

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H5981 [15SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H3759 [2JN]

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), H2035 [25MR]

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

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 835), H1618 [4MR]

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

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H4774 [25JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H10712 [18DE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1807 [19MR]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 3308), H5763 [29JY]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9206 [9DE]

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

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

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2879 [12MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2656 [29AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H4243 [11JN]

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

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H3507 [20MY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H4863 [7JY]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H6789 [1OC]

——— 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), H4957 [8JY]

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

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

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H7090 [21OC]

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

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1926), H2415 [22AP]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 141), H1566 [3MR]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 530), H8280 [17NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 530), H8280 [17NO]

National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 59), H4771 [25JN]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 547), H8971 [2DE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2821 [8MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 3337), H5764 [29JY]

National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), H5330 [21JY]

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

National Middle Level Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 153), H1721 [17MR]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 388), H405 [14JA]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 74), H758 [3FE]

National Spine Ability Month: designate (see H. Res. 432), H9013 [3DE]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2654 [29AP]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 91), H855 [5FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H5849 [8SE]

NIST: provide for a competitive grant program for apprenticeship and internship programs through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 2000), H2463 [23AP]

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

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 1057), H6260 [25SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H6307 [28SE]

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

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1552), H2310 [16AP]

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

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

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H157 [8JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H190 [9JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H5783 [31JY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2501 [28AP]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many U.S. postal facilities and other Federal agencies for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2307 [16AP]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H8414 [19NO]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H2115 [26MR]

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

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

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H6981 [16OC]

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

——— require States to develop positive school climate and school discipline policies (see H.R. 1435), H1768 [18MR]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H4544 [18JN]

Sister Ann Keefe Post Office, Providence, RI: designate (see H.R. 651), H703 [2FE]

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]

Social Security: improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 1811), H2268 [15AP]

——— invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families (see H.R. 3781), H7088 [21OC]

——— merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5401 [22JY]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 1391), H2035 [25MR]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 700), H4432 [16JN]

——— 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), H4492 [17JN]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H1067 [13FE]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H916 [10FE]

——— support policies to protect and expand and secure long-term future (see H. Res. 393), H6981 [16OC]

Special Operations Forces Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Res. 423), H6075 [16SE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H5089 [10JY]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 2442), H5031 [9JY]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H5976 [11SE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H3759 [2JN]

Task Force on Super Pollutants: establish to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see H.R. 508), H757 [3FE]

Taxation: 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 any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 2429), H3387 [19MY]

——— 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), H1626 [10MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H3214 [14MY]

——— extend the renewable energy credit for wind, geothermal, hydro, and marine power and eliminate certain tax credits for oil and gas drilling and production (see H.R. 3733), H6973 [9OC]

——— impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 362), H404 [14JA]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H919 [10FE]

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

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H814 [4FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H1372 [26FE] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2434), H3387 [19MY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 4088), H8972 [2DE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H1850 [23MR]

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

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 3311), H5764 [29JY]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 297), H357 [13JA]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 3591), H6188 [22SE]

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 154), H1769 [18MR]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces (see H.R. 955), H1035 [12FE]

——— support right to freely elect their government and determine their future (see H. Res. 348), H4861 [7JY]

Veterans: acknowledge contributions to general welfare and security of the U.S., recognize debt to veterans should include a decent home and suitable living environment, and end veteran homelessness (see H. Res. 211), H2315 [17AP]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 366), H2310 [16AP]

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

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

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

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 885), H5848 (see H.R. 2867), H5849 [8SE]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 3546), H10712 [18DE]

——— 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), H4958 [8JY]

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

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2654), H3913 [4JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5589 [28JY]

Children and youth: create protected credit reports for minors, protect the credit of minors, and protect minors from identity theft (see H.R. 1703), H2110 [26MR]

Crime: provide greater extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction over certain credit card and other access device fraud offenses (see H.R. 1584), H1899 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 1079), H1163 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3913), H7624 [3NO]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out transit accessibility innovation program (see H.R. 1448), H1769 [18MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see H.R. 1969), H2417 [22AP]

Education: express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (see H. Res. 247), H2792 [1MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace (see H.R. 1753), H2152 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see H.R. 2068), H2497 [28AP]

Federal employees: provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2113), H2653 [29AP]

Melvoid J. Benson Post Office Building, North Kingstown, RI: designate (see H.R. 3601), H6227 [24SE]

NIH: improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research (see H.R. 1469), H1801 [19MR] (see H.R. 1631), H2033 [25MR]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 1704), H2110 [26MR]

Rhode Island: add to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (see H.R. 2541), H3560 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for veteran first-time homebuyers and for adaptive housing and mobility improvements for disabled veterans (see H.R. 3975), H8151 [5NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Children and youth: create protected credit reports for minors, protect the credit of minors, and protect minors from identity theft (H.R. 1703), H2114 [26MR]

Crime: provide greater extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction over certain credit card and other access device fraud offenses (H.R. 1584), H1901 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (H.R. 1079), H1165 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (H.R. 3913), H7625 [3NO]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out transit accessibility innovation program (H.R. 1448), H1771 [18MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (H.R. 1969), H2419 [22AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace (H.R. 1753), H2154 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (H.R. 2068), H2499 [28AP]

Federal employees: provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 2113), H2655 [29AP]

Melvoid J. Benson Post Office Building, North Kingstown, RI: designate (H.R. 3601), H6228 [24SE]

NIH: improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research (H.R. 1469), H1804 [19MR]

——— improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research (H.R. 1631), H2035 [25MR]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (H.R. 1704), H2114 [26MR]

Rhode Island: add to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (H.R. 2541), H3563 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for veteran first-time homebuyers and for adaptive housing and mobility improvements for disabled veterans (H.R. 3975), H8154 [5NO]

Remarks

Afridi, Shakeel: recognize heroism and call for release from custody by Pakistan, H3182 [14MY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, H5605 [29JY]

——— anniversary (H. Con. Res. 66), H5656 [29JY]

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (S. 1356), H8126 [5NO]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize, H993 [12FE]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 469), H552• [26JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1619), H2199 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8126 [5NO]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H2970, H3182, H3185, H3186, H3187, H3202 [14MY], E748• [19MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4093 [10JN]

——— National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund funding, H4093 [10JN]

——— Ohio-class submarine replacement program funding, H3185 [14MY]

——— prohibit reduction of responsiveness or alert posture of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force, H3186, H3187 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to use local educational agencies’ aid funds for apprenticeships and comprehensive career counseling, H1259, H1260 [26FE]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program, H993 [12FE]

——— 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), H1259, H1260 [26FE]

Dept. of Energy: low-enriched uranium in naval reactors funding, H2715 [30AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that definition of ‘‘cybersecurity risk’’ does not apply to action solely involving violations of consumer terms of service or consumer licensing agreements, H2435 [23AP]

——— enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2345 [21AP], H2425, H2435 [23AP]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H929 [11FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1185 [26FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1393• [27FE]

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), H9175 [9DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4753, H4754 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Transit Administration technical assistance and training funding, H3852 [3JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3852 [3JN]

Education: express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (H. Res. 247), H2783 [1MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2715 [30AP]

EPA: southern New England estuaries geographic program funding, H4753, H4754 [25JN]

Epilepsy Awareness Month: observance, E1659• [19NO]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2199 [14AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace (H.R. 1753), H4422 [16JN]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7225 [27OC]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (H.R. 2068), H2491 [28AP]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), E813• [2JN]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2345 [21AP], H2385 [22AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5904 [10SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5904 [10SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2082• [26MR]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H7401 [3NO]

National Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H993 [12FE]

National Endowment for the Arts: anniversary, H6315 [29SE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: anniversary, H6315 [29SE]

Providence College: tribute to men’s ice hockey team, H2130 [13AP]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), H9175 [9DE]

Rhode Island: add to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (H.R. 2541), E813• [2JN]

Sister Ann Keefe Post Office, Providence, RI: designate (H.R. 651), E637• [30AP]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2082• [26MR]

Votes: position on missed, H1192• [26FE], H2779• [1MY]

Tributes

Coviello, Art, E258• [26FE]

Lenihan, J. Michael, E284• [2MR]

McIntyre, James P., E174• [5FE]

Pelletier, Felix, E1129• [27JY]

Wagoner, Terry, E249• [25FE]