BONAMICI, SUZANNE (a Representative from Oregon)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H162 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1276 [26FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2648, H2656 [29AP]

EPA: provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1029), H1688 [17MR]

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), H7680 [4NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3643 [1JN], H3689, H3691, H3736 [2JN]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3456 [20MY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1177, Student Success Act, H8272 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H4954 [8JY]

——— 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]

Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H4432 [16JN]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5783 [31JY]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5118 [13JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H3254 [15MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 239), H3310 [18MY]

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

Atsugi Naval Air Facility: provide health care for certain individuals exposed to environmental hazards and establish advisory board to examine exposures to environmental hazards (see H.R. 2558), H3560 [21MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow proactive measures to maintain and repair dams and water infrastructure (see H.R. 2749), H5849 [8SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 2612), H8860 [1DE]

Children and youth: provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 1706), H3759 [2JN]

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), H6180 [18SE]

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

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

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1626 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 3862), H7391 [2NO]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H7028 [20OC]

Computer Science Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H9330 [15DE]

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

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H5776 [29JY]

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

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 1375), H3214 [14MY]

——— remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit the issuance of safety standards (see H.R. 225), H9080 [8DE]

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]

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), H5293 [16JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 1728), H5332 [21JY]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.R. 2660), H5332 [21JY]

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H5089 [10JY]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see H.R. 1061), H9691 [17DE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 1534), H5776 [29JY]

——— 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]

——— 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. 1310), H1612 [4MR]

——— 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]

——— provide for loan repayment for teachers in high-need schools (see H.R. 3359), H5765 [29JY]

——— provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5783 [31JY]

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

——— require State report cards to include information on academic progress of homeless children in foster care (see H.R. 3221), H5777 [29JY]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (see H.R. 3179), H5465 [23JY]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 3988), H8362 [18NO]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 3177), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: award grants to expand programs in maritime and energy workforce technical training (see H.R. 2923), H4770 [25JN]

——— improve high-end computing research and development program (see H.R. 874), H1567 [3MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Family Caregiving Project (see H.R. 3099), H8155 [5NO]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H5404 [22JY]

——— 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), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H7625 [3NO]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H5867 [9SE]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H8361 [18NO]

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), H7743 [4NO]

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

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 1024), H1373 [26FE]

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), H8860 [1DE]

——— modify the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to conform to performance rather than metallurgical content (see H.R. 1454), H8860 [1DE]

Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 344), H403 [14JA]

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

Dept. of Transportation: authorize appropriations for surface transportation research, development, and deployment (see H.R. 3458), H5865 [9SE]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6837 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1663 [16MR]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 563), H6836 [6OC]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 203), H226 [12JA]

——— 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), H8155 [5NO]

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

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5524 [27JY]

——— 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), H5524 [27JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H225 [12JA]

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]

Earth Science Week: designate (see H. Res. 472), H6936 [8OC]

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

——— support provision of safe relationship behavior education and training (see H.R. 3141), H5330 [21JY]

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

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H1117 [24FE]

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

EPA: establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see H.R. 2469), H3505 [20MY]

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

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

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

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2449), H8414 [19NO]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1967), H5118 [13JY]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H6937 [8OC]

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: modify (see H.R. 2717), H6789 [1OC]

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see H. Res. 364), H5777 [29JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H1568 [3MR]

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]

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

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

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 2216), H7347 [29OC]

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

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 2916), H4863 [7JY]

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: 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]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 3378), H5766 [29JY]

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

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5867 [9SE]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H9691 [17DE]

——— 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]

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

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2744), H5943 [10SE]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 220), H9013 [3DE]

Israel: condemn resolutions or policies calling for or instituting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars by institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations (see H. Res. 318), H4431 [16JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H4493 [17JN]

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

Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic, Dalles, OR: designate (see H.R. 1762), H2153 [13AP]

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), H3391 [19MY]

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

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

——— increase access to ambulance services and reform payments for such services (see H.R. 745), H6975 [9OC]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H3391 [19MY]

——— 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), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H3507 [20MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H9271 [10DE]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H7139 [22OC]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H3309 [18MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1567 [3MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H9375 [16DE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H6228 [24SE]

——— 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), H6795 [5OC]

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

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1052), H1114 [24FE]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 989), H1806 [19MR]

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

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

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 186), H2156 [13AP]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 246), H2792 [1MY]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 137), H1566 [3MR]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1721), H5776 [29JY]

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: designate (see H. Res. 149), H1635 [13MR] (see H. Res. 151), H1661 [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), H5943 [10SE]

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

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see H.R. 531), H1806 [19MR]

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), H6074 [16SE]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H7347 [29OC]

——— identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies (see H.R. 936), H4383 [15JN]

——— improve weather research (see H.R. 1561), H1898 [24MR]

——— provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 1277), H5118 [13JY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 467), H530 [22JA]

——— make technical changes to provisions authorizing prize competitions under the Technology Innovation Act (see H.R. 1162), H1568 [3MR]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1072 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

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

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

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H41 [6JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H6792 [2OC]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H6789 [1OC]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3412), H5768 [29JY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H6789 [1OC]

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), H2794 [1MY]

——— submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7027 [20OC]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 1992), H2463 [23AP]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 513), H7743 [4NO]

Roseburg, OR: express condolences for victims of shooting at Umpqua Community College (see H. Con. Res. 85), H6936 [8OC]

SBA: increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5469 [23JY]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1526 [2MR]

SEC: prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 1098), H1368 [26FE]

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), H8155 [5NO]

——— provide equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older individuals (see H.R. 3793), H7089 [21OC]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

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), H7088 [21OC]

——— 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]

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

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H1526 [2MR]

——— make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 681), H1372 [26FE]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H9307 [11DE]

——— 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), H5524 [27JY]

——— 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), H4957 [8JY]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness in connection with closures of educational institutions (see H.R. 3206), H5466 [23JY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2879 [12MY]

——— increase and improve credit for dependent care expenses and provide a credit for education of employees of child care centers (see H.R. 1492), H5776 [29JY]

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

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H1662 [16MR]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1898), H2353 [21AP]

Transgender: support acceptance of the transgender community (see H. Res. 561), H9270 [10DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5591 [28JY]

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]

Water: remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H9307 [11DE]

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

——— encourage corporations to include women in all levels of corporate management and commit to utilizing gender diversity in boards of directors and other senior management (see H. Res. 445), H7091 [21OC]

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

——— 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), H8646 [30NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 3886), H7623 [3NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 408), H429 [20JA]

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

Native Americans: restore Federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon (see H.R. 3736), H6973 [9OC]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see H.R. 34), H37 [6JA]

Portland Timbers (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 568), H9691 [17DE]

SBA: increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see H.R. 3175), H5465 [23JY]

Taxation: regulate tax return preparers and refund anticipation payment arrangements (see H.R. 1778), H2209 [14AP]

Women: expand health programs (see H.R. 3652), H6749 [30SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the child and adult care food program (H.R. 3886), H7624 [3NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (H.R. 408), H430 [20JA]

Native Americans: restore Federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon (H.R. 3736), H6975 [9OC]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), H44 [6JA]

SBA: increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (H.R. 3175), H5467 [23JY]

Taxation: regulate tax return preparers and refund anticipation payment arrangements (H.R. 1778), H2211 [14AP]

Women: expand health programs (H.R. 3652), H6749 [30SE]

Letters

Dept. of Energy Advanced Drop-In Biofuel Production Program funding: Michael Breen, Leendert Hering, and Norman Seip, H3456 [20MY]

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Union of Concerned Scientists, H1681 [17MR]

Newberg-Dundee Bypass Route funding: Matthew L. Garrett, Oregon Dept. of Transportation, H7684 [4NO]

Secret Science Reform Act: Francine Laden, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, H1737 [18MR]

——— Linda Lipsen, American Association for Justice, H1737 [18MR]

Secret Science Reform Act and EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act: several environmental organizations, H1680 [17MR]

——— several health organizations, H1679 [17MR]

——— several public health and academic organizations, H1680 [17MR], H1737 [18MR]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H483 [22JA]

Remarks

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 (H.R. 448), H484 [22JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H2081 [26MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1697 [17MR]

Dept. of Education: allow funding targeted for teacher professional development to be used on early childhood education-focused teacher development, H1273 [26FE]

——— allow State education agencies and eligible entities to use Local Academic Flexible Grant funds to audit and streamline assessment systems, H1277, H1278 [26FE]

——— encourage collaboration and sharing of best practices between charter schools and local education agencies, H1276 [26FE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), H6280 [28SE]

——— require annual statewide assessments to measure student growth and require student growth to be a component of achievement within a State’s established accountability system, H1256 [26FE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to adhere to certain maintenance of effort requirements prior to receiving Federal educational funds, H1263 [26FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1144 [25FE], H1256, H1263, H1264, H1273, H1276, H1277, H1278 [26FE], H1482 [27FE]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Drop-In Biofuel Production Program funding, H3456 [20MY]

——— increase understanding of health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (H.R. 35), H83 [7JA]

——— Water Power Program funding, H2648 [29AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1184 [26FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, E1817• [17DE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of industrial hemp, H3736, H3737 [2JN]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4523• [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Newberg-Dundee Bypass Route funding, H7684• [4NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: prohibit termination of State or local collective bargaining laws, memorandums, or other agreements, H1264 [26FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, H8889 [2DE], E1741• [9DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2648 [29AP]

EPA: prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (H.R. 1030), H1736 [18MR]

——— prohibit Science Advisory Board members from applying for or receiving EPA contracts or grants while serving and for 3 years after serving, H1687, H1688 [17MR]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1029), H1679, H1681, H1684, H1685, H1687, H1688, H1689, H1690 [17MR]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4523• [18JN]

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8394• [19NO]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), E1260• [11SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2081 [26MR]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 23), H85, H87 [7JA]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), H1785 [19MR]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), H90, H92 [7JA]

——— improve weather research (H.R. 1561), H3371, H3372• [19MY]

——— Integrated Ocean Acidification research funding, H3689, H3690 [2JN]

——— polar satellite program research funding, H3691 [2JN]

NSF: funding, H3484 [20MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7684• [4NO]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7157 [23OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H7157 [23OC]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6106 [17SE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), E1507• [22OC]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), E1457• [9OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H2966 [14MY], H7684• [4NO]

SBA: increase small business Federal contracting goals, including those for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, economically disadvantaged minority-owned, and qualified HUBZone small businesses (H.R. 3175), E1112• [23JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3689, H3690, H3691, H3736, H3737 [2JN]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7237 [27OC]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2081 [26MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H484 [22JA]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), Senate amendment, H4523• [18JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, E1817• [17DE]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3456, H3484 [20MY]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to improve U.S. competitiveness, H3484 [20MY]

Tigard, OR: tribute to Muslim Educational Trust Community Center, E1825• [18DE]

Votes: position on missed, E1239• [9SE]

Warrenton, OR: tribute to Warrenton High School for participation in Marine Advanced Technology Education competition, H4166 [11JN]

Women: expand health programs (H.R. 3652), H6711 [30SE]

Tributes

Ness, Jerralynn, E1358• [25SE]