YARMUTH, JOHN A. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Appointments

Conferee: S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, H2198 [14AP]

Articles and editorials

Iran Nuke Deal Is Good for America and for Peace, by, Hill (publication), H5953 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 448), H479 [21JA]

Africa: condemn Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and mass atrocities and support efforts to end threat and remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield (see H. Res. 394), H7175 [23OC]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5976 [11SE]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 608), H814 [4FE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H4002 [9JN]

American Pharoah (racehorse): tribute (see H. Res. 317), H4431 [16JN]

Angelou, Maya: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 247), H668 [30JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6260 [25SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H3759 [2JN]

Arapaho National Forest: adjust boundary (see H.R. 1324), H2271 [15AP]

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), H2155 [13AP]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 1674), H2656 [29AP]

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), H2794 [1MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

——— increase discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3708), H6935 [8OC]

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), H4003 [9JN]

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

Chemicals: allow marketing, distribution, or sale of solid antimicrobial copper alloys with certain claims and exclude certain solid antimicrobial copper alloys from regulation as drugs or devices (see H.R. 1424), H1768 [18MR]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 469), H583 [26JA]

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), H641 [27JA]

——— 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]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H8971 [2DE]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H7190 [26OC]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H581 [26JA]

Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ‘‘widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 238), H187 [9JA]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H6228 [24SE]

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

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), H6228 [24SE]

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

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), H1618 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H5943 [10SE]

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

——— award grants to State and local educational agencies for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of world language education programs (see H.R. 3096), H7175 [23OC]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H4544 [18JN]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 850), H916 [10FE]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions (see H.R. 2521), H6076 [16SE]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H187 [9JA]

——— require State report cards to include information on academic progress of homeless children in foster care (see H.R. 3221), H5783 [31JY]

——— strengthen and reauthorize the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (see H.R. 2013), H5867 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H1072 [13FE]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H6937 [8OC]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H8971 [2DE]

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

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H9080 [8DE]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2115 [26MR]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H918 [10FE]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 1807), H2960 [13MY]

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

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), H9080 [8DE]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H6937 [8OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1069 [13FE]

——— 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), H6795 [5OC]

——— expedite review of aliens applying for U.S. admission to participate in a graduate medical education or training program and provide relevant Foreign Service officers with training regarding such aliens (see H.R. 1921), H4345 [12JN]

——— provide relevant Foreign Service officers with training related to medical graduates in the countries in which such officers are serving (see H.R. 1920), H4345 [12JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H1801 [19MR]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 3805), H7137 [22OC]

——— modify criteria for selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service Development Program (see H.R. 1084), H1163 [25FE]

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]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H2212 [14AP]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2318 [20AP]

——— 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), H1900 [24MR]

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), H4241 [11JN]

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

Drugs: exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H2033 [25MR]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 920), H2419 [22AP]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 2411), H10712 [18DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H3922 [8JN]

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]

EPA: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 1548), H2879 [12MY]

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

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 1515), H2500 [28AP]

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), H3388 [19MY]

——— support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H8243 [16NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 2260), H7090 [21OC]

FCC: require material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity, including political ad buying information, to be made available in a format that is machine-readable (see H.R. 4179), H9011 [3DE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H2499 [28AP]

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

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

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H6228 [24SE]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 381), H705 [2FE]

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), H9329 [15DE]

——— express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 289), H6139 [17SE]

——— 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), H9329 [15DE]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2740), H4242 [11JN]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 820), H3574 [22MY]

——— 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), H3574 [22MY]

——— 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), H8243 [16NO]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 839), H916 [10FE]

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 States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2769 [30AP]

Housing: amend energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing (see H.R. 3135), H5330 [21JY]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 325), H4491 [17JN]

Immigration: prohibit Executive agencies from using the term ‘‘alien’’ to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and establish a uniform definition for the term ‘‘foreign national’’ (see H.R. 3785), H8242 [16NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 551), H2356 [21AP]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1618 [4MR]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 2272), H3310 [18MY]

Iran: immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3922 [8JN]

J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, Washington, DC: redesignate as FBI Building (see H.R. 3801), H7626 [3NO]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3643 [1JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5173 [14JY]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H9011 [3DE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H8971 [2DE]

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), H2156 [13AP]

Medicare: allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 3355), H9329 [15DE]

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

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

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2156 [13AP]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7028 [20OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H1898 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H8242 [16NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H757 [3FE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H5293 [16JY]

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

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3061), H5172 [14JY]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 2994), H5029 [9JY]

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), H2501 [28AP]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H3759 [2JN]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 433), H6188 [22SE]

National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 2063), H3922 [8JN]

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

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

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 297), H3878 [3JN]

National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 183), H2501 [28AP]

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

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 137), H1663 [16MR]

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H3643 [1JN]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 619), H2155 [13AP]

——— funding (see H.R. 777), H854 [5FE]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see H.R. 3514), H6837 [6OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 265), H188 [9JA]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H7090 [21OC]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see H.R. 2844), H8362 [18NO]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1552), H3879 [3JN]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates (see H.R. 425), H5404 [22JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H641 [27JA]

——— 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), H190 [9JA]

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

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H6229 [24SE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H3565 [21MY]

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), H810 [4FE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H2655 [29AP]

——— submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H2310 [16AP]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 502), H7332 [28OC]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1763), H7139 [22OC]

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

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), H1085 [20FE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 314), H357 [13JA]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1033 [12FE]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 700), H3390 [19MY]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H2880 [12MY]

——— 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), H705 [2FE]

——— 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), H7091 [21OC]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1378), H2271 [15AP]

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

Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 256), H2877 [12MY]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 94), H705 [2FE]

——— promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H2416 [22AP]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]

——— 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), H3565 [21MY]

——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 867), H980 [11FE]

——— 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), H3310 [18MY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1372 [26FE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H8362 [18NO]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H5849 [8SE]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see H.R. 2520), H3559 [21MY]

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

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 14), H4383 [15JN]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H705 [2FE]

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

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

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see H.R. 1459), H8646 [30NO]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1482), H2879 [12MY]

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), H4493 [17JN]

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

World War II: commemorate anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, remember Holocaust victims, and support educational efforts on the Holocaust and prevention of future genocide (see H. Res. 49), H664 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 858), H917 [10FE]

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 391), H405 [14JA]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 966), H1067 [13FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of a mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 53), H3212 [14MY]

FCC: revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 2125), H2767 [30AP]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 912), H1032 [12FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1779), H2209 [14AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: establish a comprehensive literacy program (H.R. 858), H918 [10FE]

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (H.R. 391), H408 [14JA]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (H.R. 966), H1070 [13FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of a mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (H.J. Res. 53), H3214 [14MY]

FCC: revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (H.R. 2125), H2770 [30AP]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 912), H1035 [12FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1779), H2211 [14AP]

Remarks

Budget: require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 1315), H7006 [20OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1887 [24MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), H2510 [29AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, H2697 [30AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H2678 [30AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, H2174 [14AP]

Congress: results of First Tee Congressional Challenge golf tournament, H5565 [28JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H461 [21JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H990 [12FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1488 [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), H9213 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4972 [9JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2510 [29AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2510 [29AP]

Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, H2174 [14AP]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4972 [9JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H716 [3FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H208 [12JA], H990 [12FE]

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: reform, H2174 [14AP]

National Park Service: allow display of U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag, or restricted display of Confederate flags in national cemeteries and reaffirm policy to request removal of Confederate flag from concession stands, H4972 [9JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H716 [3FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize, H621 [27JA]

Votes: correction, H2198• [14AP]

——— position on missed, E737• [18MY]

Tributes

Beshear, Steven L., H8867 [2DE]

Richmond, Benjamin K., E1393• [30SE]