ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcohol Responsibility Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 241), H2770 [30AP]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5777 [29JY]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6937 [8OC]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

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

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

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1095), H5469 [23JY]

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]

Bureau of Prisons: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 768), H1501 [27FE]

California Coastal National Monument: include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 908), H1902 [24MR]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H4862 [7JY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1343), H7254 [27OC]

——— clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see H.R. 3243), H5850 [8SE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2111 [26MR]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5788 [4AU]

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), H535 [22JA]

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

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1613 [4MR]

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

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see H. Res. 214), H6189 [22SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2879 [12MY]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H5404 [22JY]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 1283), H1611 [4MR]

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H4594 [23JN]

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

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

Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]

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

——— provide a criminal penalty for operating drones in certain locations (see H.R. 3669), H6787 [1OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 2715), H8646 [30NO]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.R. 2660), H4004 [9JN]

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), H7090 [21OC]

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), H5332 [21JY]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 523), H919 [10FE]

——— 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), H3914 [4JN]

——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program (see H.R. 794), H919 [10FE]

——— integrate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education into elementary and secondary instruction, encourage STEM professional development, and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 823), H1373 [26FE]

——— make grants to States to improve early education (see H.R. 587), H705 [2FE]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H641 [27JA]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 717), H810 [4FE]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 565), H639 [27JA]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 495), H919 [10FE]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H. Res. 294), H5032 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H919 [10FE]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H7390 [2NO]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H9271 [10DE]

——— establish a National Care Corps to provide care, companionship, and other services to seniors and the disabled by qualified volunteers (see H.R. 2668), H3914 [4JN]

——— establish education programs for patients and health care providers on cell-free DNA prenatal screening (see H.R. 3441), H5787 [4AU]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H7255 [27OC]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H5173 [14JY]

——— 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]

——— make grants to States for screening and treatment for maternal depression (see H.R. 3235), H7091 [21OC]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1901 [24MR]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H4003 [9JN]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H5848 [8SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H8281 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD: provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for specialized housing and supportive services to elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of related children (see H.R. 2188), H2769 [30AP]

Dept. of Justice: improve investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws relative to cybercrimes against persons (see H.R. 2602), H5849 [8SE]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H668 [30JA]

——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 2917), H6981 [16OC]

——— provide definitions of terms and services for community-based gang intervention to ensure funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and agencies are held accountable (see H.R. 3783), H7088 [21OC]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 1848), H7189 [26OC]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7743 [4NO]

——— establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 590), H2499 [28AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park in San Diego, CA (see H.R. 3711), H8242 [16NO]

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

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3927), H7741 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5591 [28JY]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (see H.R. 3484), H6894 [7OC]

——— 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), H5776 [29JY]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5775 [29JY]

——— 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]

——— 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), H5783 [31JY]

——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see H.R. 1247), H4003 [9JN]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H7254 [27OC]

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]

Earth Science Week: designate (see H. Res. 472), H7028 [20OC]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H482 [21JA]

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), H1626 [10MR]

——— 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]

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

EPA: 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), H2773 [30AP]

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

Families and domestic relations: increase availability of of high-quality child care for working parents (see H. Res. 386), H5589 [28JY]

——— 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), H5293 [16JY]

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

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 913), H2500 [28AP]

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), H664 [28JA]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H5848 [8SE]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 381), H5172 [14JY]

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

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

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

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]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 478), H530 [22JA]

GSA: incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features into public buildings (see H.R. 2280), H5404 [22JY]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4773 [25JN]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H755 [3FE]

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

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H7346 [29OC]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 426), H6137 [17SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5777 [29JY]

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]

——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 62), H668 [30JA]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1974), H2417 [22AP]

——— 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), H7139 [22OC]

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]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H6189 [22SE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6836 [6OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5776 [29JY]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H5849 [8SE]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 1933), H2415 [22AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees (see H.R. 318), H4957 [8JY]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 3938), H8149 [5NO]

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

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

——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 2759), H7090 [21OC]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H5118 [13JY]

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

——— preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers (see H.R. 2292), H5469 [23JY]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H8646 [30NO]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 1383), H1661 [16MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6937 [8OC]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H5783 [31JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H8414 [19NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 952), H1035 [12FE]

Mental health: issue semipostal stamp to support mental health awareness (see H.R. 3640), H6981 [16OC]

Minimum wage: increase (see H.R. 3164), H5402 [22JY]

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

Minorities: strike outdated and disrespectful terms for minority groups from the U.S. Code, and replace them with culturally appropriate terms (see H.R. 4238), H9692 [17DE]

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

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 182), H2111 [26MR]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 2174), H2769 [30AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7254 [27OC]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H2880 [12MY]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H1663 [16MR]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1526 [2MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1663 [16MR]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 699), H2155 [13AP]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H8241 [16NO]

——— submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H668 [30JA]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 502), H8243 [16NO]

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

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), 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), H6980 [16OC]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

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

Social Security: invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families (see H.R. 3781), H7333 [28OC]

——— merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5777 [29JY]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H2464 [23AP]

——— 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), H664 [28JA]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H5980 [15SE]

——— 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), H6077 [16SE]

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ‘Lou’ J. Langlais Post Office Building, Santa Barbara, CA: designate (see H.R. 3218), H5522 [27JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H5591 [28JY]

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

——— 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), H9012 [3DE]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market volatility (see H.R. 1464), H6180 [18SE]

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

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H6228 [24SE]

——— promote savings through a credit for low- and middle-income taxpayers who deposit tax refunds into designated savings options (see H.R. 4236), H9270 [10DE]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 4005), H8239 [16NO]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 3523), H6074 [16SE]

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), H2213 [14AP]

U.N.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 77), H6075 [16SE]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 25), H480 [21JA]

——— 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 implement processes under which individuals who are 16 years old may apply to register to vote in Federal elections and make grants to increase involvement of minors in elections (see H.R. 3522), H6180 [18SE]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H1626 [10MR]

Water: anniversary of community water fluoridation (see H. Res. 416), H7391 [2NO]

——— reauthorize EPA WaterSense program, create State and local conservation and efficiency programs, support recycling, storage, and management projects, improve water data, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 291), H356 [13JA]

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), H7626 [3NO]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see H.R. 3163), H5402 [22JY]

——— expand number of employers required to provide a reasonable time and place for employees to express milk at the workplace (see H.R. 2836), H4541 [18JN]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H6837 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (see H.R. 2709), H4135 [10JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2110 [26MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish humane practices for repatriation of aliens at the border and effective standards for the treatment of certain detained aliens (see H.R. 3605), H6227 [24SE]

——— making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H980 [11FE]

——— provide for enhanced protections for vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees (see H.R. 3606), H6227 [24SE]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1004), H1069 [13FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2764), H4343 [12JN]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 187), H2112 [26MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3841), H7254 [27OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (H.R. 2709), H4136 [10JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 1717), H2114 [26MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish humane practices for repatriation of aliens at the border and effective standards for the treatment of certain detained aliens (H.R. 3605), H6228 [24SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H982 [11FE]

——— provide for enhanced protections for vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees (H.R. 3606), H6228 [24SE]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1004), H1071 [13FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2764), H4344 [12JN]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 3841), H7254 [27OC]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1485 [27FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1492 [27FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9664 [17DE], E1826•, E1834• [18DE]

Budget: revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7311• [28OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1979• [25MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), E56• [13JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), consideration (H. Res. 100), H942 [11FE]

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), consideration (H. Res. 121), H1131 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: award grants for career support for skilled internationally-educated health professionals (H.R. 2709), H4010 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (H.R. 623), E145• [2FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H331, H340 [13JA], H869 [10FE], H942 [11FE], H1090 [24FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1485, H1487, H1488, H1492 [27FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H997 [12FE], H1090 [24FE], H1130, H1131 [25FE], H1183 [26FE]

——— making continuing appropriations, H1496 [27FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1388 [27FE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), motion to recommit, H1492, H1493 [27FE]

——— take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (H.R. 615), E145• [2FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H9664 [17DE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, E1826•, E1834• [18DE]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2676 [30AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, H8893• [2DE]

Eximbank: reauthorize, E1715• [7DE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2764), E979• [25JN]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (H.R. 361), E145• [2FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H739• [3FE]

House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 355), E1029• [9JY]

Human Services Association: anniversary, E491• [14AP]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5449• [23JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H331, H340 [13JA], H1090 [24FE], H1388 [27FE]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), E1672• [30NO]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), E1261• [11SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H7311• [28OC]

Korbatov, Lisa: Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E1498• [21OC]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Second Baptist Church, E680• [12MY]

National Academy of Sciences: child poverty analysis funding, H9190 [9DE]

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), conference report, E1715• [7DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, E1602• [5NO]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 33), Senate amendment, H1496 [27FE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H739• [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H739• [3FE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H9190 [9DE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), H7060• [21OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, E1602• [5NO], E1715• [7DE]

Schatz, Carol: Central City Association of Los Angeles, CA, Heart of the City Award recipient, E473• [13AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, E1826• [18DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration (H. Res. 101), H997 [12FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), consideration (H. Res. 101), H997 [12FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2171• [14AP], H6249• [25SE], E59• [13JA], E962• [24JN], E1169• [29JY], E1244• [9SE]

World Day Against Child Labor: observance, E979• [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H222 [12JA], H4589 [23JN], H5520 [27JY], H5826 [8SE]

Tributes

Champommier, Jean G., E910• [16JN]

Epstein, Patricia Tananbaum, E1123• [23JY]

Rose, Lillian Roybal, E1721• [7DE]

Sanchez, Morrie, E1009• [7JY]

Santora, T, E1579• [3NO]