SEWELL, TERRI A. (a Representative from Alabama)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H167 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4737 [25JN]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), H8311 [18NO]

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), H7594, H7595 [3NO]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1495 [27FE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H411 [16JA]

Articles and editorials

How the Internet of Things Is Improving Transportation and Logistics, SupplyChain24/7 (Internet site), H7595 [3NO]

Mapping IoT Into Today’s Urban Transportation Systems, Ashwini Chharia, MassTransitMag.com (Internet site), H7596 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H9329 [15DE]

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]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H4863 [7JY]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

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), H2772 [30AP]

——— ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 3427), H7743 [4NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery (see H. Con. Res. 83), H6787 [1OC] (see H. Con. Res. 93), H8240 [16NO]

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), H1902 [24MR]

Civil liberties: enhance unity in America through avoidance of ‘government speech’ which promotes or displays symbols, signs, and vestiges of racism, oppression, and intimidation (see H. Res. 342), H4771 [25JN]

Civil rights: 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), H4243 [11JN]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 650), H703 [2FE]

——— provide a temporary license for certain mortgage loan originators transitioning between bank and nonbank entities (see H.R. 2121), H2654 [29AP]

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]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 1676), H2108 [26MR]

——— provide for an equitable distribution of formula funds between land-grant colleges and universities (see H.R. 3828), H7188 [26OC]

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), H3565 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H4862 [7JY]

——— fund Federal Pell Grant Program through mandatory appropriations (see H.R. 1956), H2656 [29AP]

——— increase maximum Federal Pell Grant Program grant to match average cost of in-State tuition and fees and index future amounts for inflation (see H.R. 1957), H2656 [29AP]

——— 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), H10712 [18DE]

——— provide certain long-term resident alien students with access to financial aid (see H.R. 1959), H2656 [29AP]

——— provide guidance on how dependent students with noncitizen parents without Social Security numbers may obtain Federal student assistance for college (see H.R. 1833), H2305 [16AP]

——— provide military spouses who participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program a waiver from the consecutive years of service requirement if their spouse is relocated pursuant to military orders (see H.R. 3684), H6835 [6OC]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H431 [20JA] (see H.R. 1958), H2656 [29AP]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H855 [5FE]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 4209), H9269 [10DE]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H6228 [24SE]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H7390 [2NO]

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

Dept. of HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 1908), H2354 [21AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish Victims of Terror Protection Fund for the victims of Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 528), H8240 [16NO]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 1088), H1806 [19MR]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6750 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate at least one city in the U.S. each year as an ‘‘American Civil Rights City’’ (see H.R. 1161), H1498 [27FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H6937 [8OC]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H1067 [13FE]

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

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

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 317), H358 [13JA]

Dominica: increase relief and assistance (see H. Res. 453), H6790 [1OC]

Economy: acknowledge existence of, racial and ethnic components of, and public policy choices caused a wealth gap, and that addressing the wealth gap must be done through legislative changes (see H. Res. 159), H1769 [18MR]

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), H2356 [21AP]

EPA: 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 (see H.R. 2042), H2800 [5MY]

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

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

Families and domestic relations: support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H10712 [18DE]

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

FEMA: prohibit recouping of certain assistance (see H.R. 797), H2115 [26MR]

Financial institutions: clarify treatment of certain debt and equity instruments of smaller institutions for purposes of capital requirements (see H.R. 2987), H7028 [20OC]

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

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H1612 [4MR]

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

Foreign trade: improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 2523), H3559 [21MY]

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]

Government-sponsored enterprises: require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish procedures for considering certain credit scores when determining whether to purchase a residential mortgage (see H.R. 4211), H9269 [10DE]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H758 [3FE]

House of Representatives: require all Members, officers, and employees of the House to complete annual ethics training (see H.R. 1037), H1723 [17MR]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (see H.R. 1560), H2036 [25MR]

Johnson, Frank M., Jr.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 84), H6788 [1OC]

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

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 40), H7175 [23OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H7390 [2NO]

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

——— provide alternatives to incarceration for youth (see H.R. 3158), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide for the expungement and sealing of youth criminal records (see H.R. 3156), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide for the humane treatment of youths who are in police custody (see H.R. 3155), H5592 [28JY]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H8414 [19NO]

Law enforcement officers: classify use of chokeholds as excessive and prohibited use of force (see H.R. 2052), H2496 [28AP]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H7091 [21OC]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H7333 [28OC]

Medicare: allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 3355), H7091 [21OC]

——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H9329 [15DE]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H9080 [8DE]

——— 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), H9376 [16DE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H9080 [8DE]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H7391 [2NO]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H3391 [19MY]

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), H4957 [8JY]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 365), H5333 [21JY]

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

National Park Service: establish the African American Civil Rights Network (see H.R. 3683), H6794 [5OC]

——— reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 295), H356 [13JA]

National Voting Rights Day: designate (see H. Res. 123), H1114 [24FE]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 368), H5291 [16JY]

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

Nigeria: develop a regional strategy to combat threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H.R. 3833), H8242 [16NO]

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

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 1057), H5943 [10SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H7743 [4NO]

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), H157 [8JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1807 [19MR]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 784), H854 [5FE]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H8861 [1DE]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 2721), H4135 [10JN]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H919 [10FE]

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

SBA: reauthorize women’s business center program (see H.R. 4027), H8279 [17NO]

SEC: revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form (see H.R. 1723), H2111 [26MR]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see H.R. 1625), H9026 [7DE]

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

Stokes, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 427), H6137 [17SE]

Taxation: allow a credit for providing programs to kindergarten, elementary, and secondary students that promote economic and financial literacy (see H.R. 1801), H5976 [11SE]

——— 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), H2155 [13AP]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H532 [22JA]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4774 [25JN]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2110 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

Virgin Islands: issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (see H. Res. 291), H4493 [17JN]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2615), H4546 [19JN]

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]

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see H.R. 1459), H1801 [19MR]

White, George H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 3034), H5116 [13JY]

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

——— recognize significance of women in education (see H. Res. 176), H2111 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H479 [21JA]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1781), H2209 [14AP]

——— enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see H.R. 1780), H2209 [14AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4650 [24JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1781), H2211 [14AP]

——— enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (H.R. 1780), H2211 [14AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 2867), H4651 [24JN]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, E1069• [15JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H497 [22JA]

African Americans: anniversary of voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, H690 [2FE], H1655 [16MR]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, E1825• [18DE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1853 [24MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E1701• [3DE]

Consumers: protect from predatory payday loans, H2295 [16AP]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2182 [14AP]

——— 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), H8315 [18NO]

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), H1148 [25FE], H4872 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H362 [14JA]

Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 1047), H5133• [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Historic Preservation Fund funding, H4737 [25JN]

——— National Park System funding, H4737 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4737 [25JN], E1033• [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: provide public safety report on security of facilities or locations intended to encourage public use of alternative transportation, H7594 [3NO]

——— submit report on potential of the Internet of Things to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas, H7595 [3NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, E1825• [18DE]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, E1041• [13JY]

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

Eximbank: reauthorize, E1191• [29JY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), E1191• [29JY]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4972 [9JY], E1033• [10JY], E1059• [14JY]

FRS: clarify issuance of indirect auto lending guidance by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in no way prohibits the enforcement of other fair lending laws by the Bureau, H8311 [18NO]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), H8311 [18NO]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), E1038• [10JY], E1069• [15JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, E788• [21MY]

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC: anniversary, E801• [1JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H362 [14JA]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2596), H4410• [16JN]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2384 [22AP]

——— report on NSF Federal CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, H4410• [16JN]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2133 [13AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2133 [13AP]

National Bar Association: tribute to Civil Rights Commemoration Tour honoring role of Black lawyers during Montgomery, AL, bus boycott and civil rights movement, E1684• [1DE]

NIH: make NIH and Cures Innovation Fund a discretionary spending program, E1069• [15JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad (H.R. 4239), H9351 [16DE]

Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL, H9031 [8DE]

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), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7407, H7408 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7594, H7595 [3NO]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings, E1835• [18DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7407, H7408, H7594, H7595 [3NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), E788• [21MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5210• [15JY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2133 [13AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, E1821• [17DE], E1825• [18DE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, E788• [21MY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 675), E1140• [28JY]

Votes: position on missed, H1982• [25MR], H4362• [15JN], H4421• [16JN], H4976• [9JY], H5513• [27JY], H5572• [28JY], H8433• [30NO], H8679•, H8839• [1DE], E1191• [29JY]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 2867), H7407, H7408 [3NO], H8248 [17NO], E1682• [1DE], E1793• [15DE]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 885), H1655 [16MR]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary, H5608 [29JY]

——— reauthorize, H1655 [16MR]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, E1094• [21JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2866 [12MY]

Tribute, H6295 [28SE]

Tributes

Bond, Julian, H6295 [28SE]

Crenshaw, Doris Dozier, E1773• [11DE]

Jackson, Jimmie Lee, H987 [12FE]

Reese, Frederick D., E847• [4JN]

Robinson, Amelia Boynton, H6295 [28SE], E1219• [8SE]

Stokes, Louis, H6295 [28SE]