INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities; Social Security

Addresses

State of the Union: President Trump, S576–S580 [30JA], H726–H730 [30JA]

Amendments

FRS: raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (H.R. 4771), consideration (H. Res. 725), H794 [6FE]

Secret Service: provide overtime pay for employees (H.R. 3731), S1795, S1796 [19MR], H1751 [21MR]

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), S910, S911, S912, S914, S915, S917, S924 [13FE], S931, S959, S970, S972, S981, S1042, S1043, S1044, S1045, S1046, S1076, S1084, S1085, S1087, S1088, S1089, S1090, S1091, S1105, S1106, S1107, S1108, S1109, S1110, S1112, S1113, S1114, S1115, S1116, S1117, S1118, S1124, S1125, S1126 [14FE], S1170, S1172, S1173, S1174, S1175, S1176, S1184, S1185, S1186, S1188 [15FE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), consideration (H. Res. 1084), H9111 [27SE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), consideration (H. Res. 1084), H9111 [27SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), S6237, S6259 [18SE], H8822 [25SE]

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, S6415 [1OC], H1337 [1MR]

Articles and editorials

501 Days in Swampland, H3360–H3364 [17AP]

Food-Stamp Work Requirements Will Lift Americans Out of Poverty, H3202 [12AP]

Racist Vestige of the Past That Progressives Are Happy To Leave in Place, H3665 [26AP]

SNAP Must Include Work, Healthy Food Mandates, H3200 [12AP]

Trump to Poor Americans—Get to Work or Lose Your Benefits, H4155–H4157 [17MY]

Well-Heeled Investors Reap the Republican Tax Cut Bonanza, H1330 [27FE]

When the Welders Came to Capitol Hill, E717 [23MY]

Working on Food Stamps—A House GOP Reform Would Help the Able-Bodied Get Off the Dole, H3202 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: increase upward social mobility of Black families and help ensure equal protection under the law (see H.R. 5785), H3935 [11MY]

Armed Forces: clarify effective date of promotion of commissioned officers of the Army and Air National Guard and improve processes for Federal recognition of promotions of such officers (see S. 2801), S2552 [8MY] (see H.R. 5713), H3833 [8MY]

——— ensure an order to serve on active duty for preplanned missions in support of combatant commands by selected Reserves is treated the same as other active duty orders for determining benefit eligibility (see S. 2416), S875 [12FE] (see H.R. 5038), H1211 [15FE]

——— ensure that final pay and certificate of discharge or release for a Reserve member is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active status (see H.R. 7237), H9819 [10DE]

——— exclude receipt of basic allowance for housing for members in determining eligibility for certain Federal benefits (see S. 2488), S1316 [1MR]

——— expand circumstances under which participants may elect to discontinue participation in the Survivor Benefits Plan (see H.R. 6281), H5974 [28JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for military pay, including Reserve components and supporting civilian and contractor personnel, during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 4793), H403 [16JA]

——— making continuing appropriations for military pay and death and survivor benefits during a Government shutdown (see H.J. Res. 127), H582 [19JA]

——— making continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits, including Reserve components and supporting civilian and contractor personnel, during a Government shutdown (see S. 2328), S348 [19JA] (see H.R. 4871), H603 [20JA]

——— making continuing appropriations for training for National Guard and Reserve members and prohibit furlough of such members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 4966), H974 [7FE]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see S. 2430), S967 [14FE]

——— require a proposal for a pay table for commissioned officers using steps in grade based on time in grade rather than time in service (see S. 2798), S2552 [8MY]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2518), S1452 [7MR]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses to highly compensated employees and insiders of the debtor to perform services during the bankruptcy case (see H.R. 6912), H9089 [26SE]

Budget: modify congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability (see H.R. 5214), H1500 [8MR]

Bureau of the Census: conduct a survey to determine income and poverty levels in the U.S. in a manner that accounts for the receipt of Federal means-tested benefits (see S. 2450), S1164 [15FE]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 6189), H5506 [21JN]

Children and youth: ensure foster children are able to use their Social Security and SSI benefits to address their needs and improve their lives (see H.R. 7296), H10209 [13DE]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 7400), H10609 [2JA]

Commission on Retirement Security: establish (see S. 2753), S2440 [25AP]

Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security: establish (see H.R. 6837), H8732 [17SE]

Consumers: provide for additional protections and disclosures to consumers when financial products or services are related to the consumers’ military or Federal pensions (see H.R. 7299), H10209 [13DE]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to receive resale royalties for sales of high-end art at auction houses (see S. 3488), S6304 [25SE] (see H.R. 6868), H8883 [25SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: increase program opportunities, exclude AmeriCorps education awards from taxation, and provide information on national service programs and education for service opportunities (see S. 3665), S7190 [28NO] (see H.R. 7286), H10169 [12DE]

Corporations: prohibit large employers from buying back stock unless employees are paid above a certain amount and allowed to earn paid sick leave, and no executive earns more than 150 times median employee pay (see S. 3640), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 7145), H9567 [16NO]

——— require businesses to balance responsibilities to employees and shareholders by requiring Federal charters and election of board members, restricting sales of company shares, and limiting political expenditures (see S. 3348), S5618 [15AU] (see H.R. 7294), H10209 [13DE]

Courts: permit other courts to transfer certain cases to U.S. Tax Court (see S. 3339), S5582 [1AU]

Credit: expand access to mortgages for self-employed and other creditworthy individuals with non-traditional forms of income by expanding types of documentation used to verify income (see S. 3401), S5991 [28AU]

——— improve regulation of ‘‘payday’’ lending by ensuring consumers control their own bank accounts, increasing transparency, and banning lead generators and anonymously registered websites in payday lending (see S. 2417), S907 [13FE] (see H.R. 4999), H1125 [13FE]

DEA: provide a cash award to employees with foreign language skills (see H.R. 6210), H5648 [25JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize appropriations for the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (see H.R. 5316), H1651 [15MR]

——— calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits using the cost of Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion low-cost food plans (see H.R. 5849), H4138 [16MY]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 2713), S2321 [19AP]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see S. 3258), S5267 [24JY] (see H.R. 6483), H7154 [24JY]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 3025), S3293 [7JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide trade adjustment assistance to certain firms adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see H.R. 6396), H6462 [17JY]

——— require provision of estimates by Bureau of Economic Analysis relative to distribution of aggregate economic growth across specific income groups (see S. 3440), S6189 [17SE] (see H.R. 6874), H8883 [25SE]

Dept. of Education: establish a Federal student loan restructured repayment schedule for certain borrowers who are agricultural producers (see S. 2684), S2218 [17AP]

——— establish work-based learning opportunities pilot grant program for eligible institutions of higher education (see H.R. 7376), H10510 [20DE]

——— include Parent PLUS loans in income-contingent and income-based repayment plans, reduce interest rates and eliminate origination fees for such loans, and provide counseling for borrowers (see H.R. 6280), H5974 [28JN]

——— increase income limit of the simplified needs test on applications for Federal student aid (see H.R. 6349), H6173 [12JY]

——— increase minimum salary threshold for income-driven repayment plans, allow refinancing, bolster forgiveness programs, and reinstate graduate student programs relative to student loans (see H.R. 5549), H3440 [18AP]

——— reauthorize and improve the Federal work-study program (see H.R. 5312), H1651 [15MR]

——— simplify Federal student loan repayment process, increase usage of income-based repayment plan, reduce fees, target assistance to low-income borrowers, and limit aggressive debt collection practices (see S. 3584), S6815 [11OC]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process and increase income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution in determining Federal student aid eligibility (see S. 3353), S5692 [16AU]

Dept. of HHS: extend floor on area wage index under inpatient prospective payment system and provide eligibility for discounted drug prices under 340B drug pricing program to certain sole community hospitals (see H.R. 5498), H3209 [12AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: apply certain annuity benefits to Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers (see H.R. 6051), H5020 [8JN]

——— modify authority for pay and work schedules of Border Patrol agents (see H.R. 5896), H4284 [21MY]

——— reform manner in which Border Patrol agents are compensated (see S. 2338), S520 [25JA]

Dept. of HUD: establish a penalty for failure to enforce compliance with public housing community service and self-sufficiency requirements (see H.R. 6019), H4848 [6JN]

——— prohibit discrimination in a residential real estate-related transaction because all or part of the person’s income derives from a source located in Puerto Rico or any other U.S. territory (see H.R. 6209), H5648 [25JN]

——— protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination based on source of income or veterans status (see S. 3612), S6924 [13NO]

Dept. of Justice: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see S. 2871), S2725 [16MY]

——— improve tracking of data on, and benefits paid to, public safety officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty (see S. 2878), S2773 [17MY]

——— require a certain percentage of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grant funds to be used for salaries and benefits of school resource officers (see H.R. 7209), H9758 [30NO]

Dept. of Labor: clarify use of subminimum wage relative to certain contracts (see H.R. 6471), H6648 [23JY]

——— prohibit employers from requiring workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into such covenants (see S. 2782), S2485 [26AP]

——— provide protections for employees receving tips by ensuring that all tips are the property of the employee and not the employer (see H.R. 5180), H1441 [6MR]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to certain workers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see S. 3289), S5423 [26JY] (see H.R. 6395), H6462 [17JY]

——— report on gender pay gap in the teenage labor force (see H.R. 6284), H5974 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: confiscate certain frozen assets and interest paid on certain frozen bank accounts (see H.R. 6783), H8170 [12SE]

——— make available an online tax calculator to estimate the change in an individual’s income tax liability made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see H.R. 4780), H168 [11JA]

——— report on tax compliance relative to non-employer business income (see S. 3097), S4281 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices (see H.R. 5866), H4209 [17MY]

——— conduct outreach to veterans on effect of certain delayed payments of claims for emergency medical care and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see H.R. 5500), H3209 [12AP]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see S. 2433), S1164 [15FE]

——— ensure certain educational benefits are treated as income by landlords evaluating the ability of a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, to pay rent (see H.R. 5781), H3935 [11MY]

——— establish presumption of service connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss (see S. 3235), S5066 [18JY]

——— extend authority for operation of regional office in Manila, Philippines (see S. 3415), S6058 [6SE]

——— extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 6419), H6557 [18JY]

——— improve processing of veterans benefits, limit authority to recover overpayments and other amounts owed by veterans, and improve due process for veterans relative to such recovery (see S. 2341), S520 [25JA] (see H.R. 7144), H9567 [16NO]

——— making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see S. 2323), S300 [18JA]

——— prohibit from requiring a surviving spouse to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies (see H.R. 5301), H1651 [15MR]

——— provide for payment of Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient (see S. 2485), S1316 [1MR] (see H.R. 6679), H7772 [24AU]

——— submit an annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees (see S. 2807), S2594 [9MY]

District of Columbia: establish rate of pay of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (see H.R. 6670), H7754 [14AU]

——— provide that grand and petit jurors serving in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall receive fees and expenses at the same rates paid to such jurors appearing in U.S. district courts (see H.R. 5436), H3059 [5AP]

Education: ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 876), H3833 [8MY]

Employment: advance science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 6623), H7724 [26JY]

——— allow employers to offer short-term savings accounts with automatic contribution arrangements for financial emergencies (see S. 3218), S5003 [17JY]

——— prohibit employers from requiring workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of illegality of such covenants (see H.R. 5631), H3705 [26AP]

——— provide for a program that employs pay-for-performance financing for workforce development projects (see S. 3601), S6816 [11OC]

——— require that individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors be treated as employees relative to civil rights laws (see H.R. 4972), H974 [7FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 117), H3095 [10AP]

ERISA: amend (see H.R. 7278), H10169 [12DE]

Families and domestic relations: allow parents the option of using a portion of future Social Security benefits to finance paid parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child in exchange for delaying retirement (see S. 3345), S5582 [1AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand eligibility to more workers, allow parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and modernize definition of family (see H.R. 6098), H5152 [13JN]

Federal agencies and departments: guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 4875), H624 [22JA] (see H.R. 7346), H10336 [19DE]

——— require publication of annual reports required under ‘‘Buy American Hire American’’ Executive order (see S. 3006), S3034 [6JN]

Federal employees: calculate cost-of-living adjustments for retirees under Federal Employee Retirement System in the same way as those for retirees under Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 7165), H9573 [20NO]

——— ensure that 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 6275), H5974 [28JN]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see S. 2295), S168 [11JA] (see H.R. 4775), H168 [11JA]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see S. 2435), S1164 [15FE]

——— provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 3244), S5107 [19JY] (see H.R. 6452), H6588 [19JY]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 4827), H552 [18JA] (see H.R. 4961), H973 [7FE] (see H.R. 5391), H2041 [22MR] (see H.R. 7368), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide that civilian service as a temporary employee after a certain date may be creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 5389), H2040 [22MR]

——— reduce annuity for those convicted of a felony that resulted in, or would have resulted in, removal from the civil service (see H.R. 6388), H6263 [16JY]

——— reimburse for income taxes incurred during travel, transportation, and relocation (see S. 3236), S5066 [18JY]

——— require disclosure, public documentation, and reporting of Federal employee bonuses (see H.R. 5290), H1608 [14MR]

FERC: address insufficient compensation of employees and other personnel (see S. 8), S7132 [27NO] (see H.R. 6552), H7721 [26JY]

Financial institutions: require the deposit of principal amount of any unclaimed deposit held by institutions into interest or dividend-bearing accounts (see H.R. 5692), H3782 [7MY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 490), S2485 [26AP]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 806), H3046 [23MR]

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include requirements relative to paying adequate wages and maintaining sustainable production methods (see S. 2566), S1765 [15MR]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see S. 2918), S2835 [22MY]

FRS: establish requirements for salaries, financial disclosures, and office staff of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 4791), H172 [12JA]

——— modify goals of Board of Governors, promote diversity on board of directors of each Federal reserve bank, and establish certain reporting requirements for Board of Governors (see H.R. 7095), H9448 [26OC]

——— raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (see H.R. 4771), H168 [11JA]

——— raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (H.R. 4771), consideration (see H. Res. 725), H782 [5FE]

FTC: prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (see H.R. 5502), H3209 [12AP]

GAO: require study of Federal agencies to determine which agencies have the greatest impact on women’s participation in the workforce (see H.R. 5565), H3441 [18AP]

Government: making continuing appropriations for payment of Armed Forces and Dept. of Homeland Security personnel performing national security activities and prohibit Members of Congress from being paid during a shutdown (see H.R. 4852), H581 [19JA]

Health: clarify that certain reimbursements for organ donation are not considered valuable consideration and, therefore, receipt of such reimbursements is not a criminal act (see H.R. 6448), H6587 [19JY]

House of Representatives: provide an allowance to Members’ offices to compensate interns (see H.R. 6711), H7870 [5SE]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (see H.R. 4782), H169 [11JA]

Immigration: create a fund for construction of continuous wall along southern U.S. border, redirect amounts from foreign aid penalties and certain fees to such fund, and increase Border Patrol salaries and overtime (see H.R. 6657), H7747 [7AU]

Investments: create portable retirement and investment accounts (see H.R. 6990), H9405 [28SE]

——— establish American Savings Accounts to facilitate retirement savings for all employees (see S. 3242), S5107 [19JY]

——— exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5738), H3885 [9MY]

——— increase portability of and access to retirement savings (see S. 2474), S1286 [28FE] (see H.R. 6540), H7720 [26JY]

——— reform the private retirement system by establishing USA Retirement Funds (see H.R. 7148), H9567 [16NO]

IRS: ensure taxpayers are provided access to case files prior to conference with staff of the IRS Office of Appeals (see H.R. 5386), H2040 [22MR]

——— make available an Internet platform for Form 1099 filings (see H.R. 5377), H1754 [21MR]

——— provide for a one-time safe harbor for certain failures by individuals and small businesses to pay estimated income tax following implementation of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see H.R. 7300), H10209 [13DE]

——— report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program (see H.R. 6333), H6111 [11JY]

——— require tax refunds affiliated with electronically filed returns be made by electronic funds transfer, report on improper payments, and enhance protections against identity theft refund fraud (see H.R. 5368), H1754 [21MR]

Korean War: require veterans who were captured or entered MIA status while serving in a combat unit receive combat pay for each month spent in captured or MIA status (see H.R. 5826), H3977 [15MY]

Law enforcement: reform benefits for public service officers (see H.R. 5060), H1212 [15FE]

Marketplace Fairness Act: declare enactment would harm the economy by creating an online sales tax that would create undue burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs and provide no benefit to States without sales taxes (see S. Res. 433), S1686 [13MR]

Medicare: apply secondary payer rules to certain workers’ compensation settlement agreements and qualified set-aside provisions (see S. 3079), S3982 [18JN] (see H.R. 6619), H7723 [26JY]

Members of Congress: condition pay on budget process and stop automatic adjustments, prohibit use of funds for first class travel, ban lobbying by former Members, and require bipartisan support to consider legislation (see H.R. 5946), H4693 [23MY]

——— constitutional amendment to prohibit receipt of compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect (see H.J. Res. 146), H10586 [21DE]

——— hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 5465), H3095 [10AP]

——— provide that a former Member being paid as a lobbyist is ineligible for Federal retirement or congressional benefits, require posting of financial disclosure reports, and restrict travel benefits (see H.R. 6640), H7732 [27JY]

——— set annual rate of pay for a Member who has served 12 consecutive years at $1 and exclude service during any such annual pay period as creditable service for purposes of an annuity (see H.R. 5539), H3396 [17AP]

——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see S. 2327), S348 [19JA] (see H.R. 4870), H582 [19JA]

——— terminate certain lifetime benefits provided to former Members of Congress (see H.R. 4981), H1074 [8FE]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see S. Res. 404), S907 [13FE] (see H. Res. 715), H677 [29JA] (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

Minimum wage: provide consequences to States that reduce their State minimum wage and redirect Federal funding to those States to the neediest localities (see H.R. 7374), H10510 [20DE]

National Retirement Security Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 654), S6342 [26SE]

NLRB: permit employers to unilaterally cease to deduct from employees’ paychecks dues owed to a labor organization when the agreement establishing such a deduction expires and allow employees to cancel such deductions (see H.R. 6412), H6463 [17JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: reform immigration policies (see H.R. 6578), H7722 [26JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: expand eligibility to receive refundable tax credits for coverage under a qualified health plan (see H.R. 5258), H1542 [13MR]

Pensions: authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan design (see H.R. 4997), H1125 [13FE]

——— incentivize automatic enrollment and escalation of contributions to workplace retirement plans and facilitate participation in such plans by small businesses (see S. 3221), S5003 [17JY]

——— modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 3219), S5003 [17JY]

——— provide alternative minimum funding rules for certain single-employer benefit plans maintained by community newspapers (see H.R. 6377), H6262 [16JY]

——— provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan information (see S. 3795), S7926 [19DE]

——— provide greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, expand access to retirement savings, and increase financial literacy (see S. 3436), S6142 [12SE] (see H.R. 7026), H9414 [2OC]

——— provide opportunity to provide for retirement through a S.A.F.E. account (see H.R. 7349), H10336 [19DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of Federal income tax returns by candidates for President and Vice President of the U.S. (see S. 3450), S6189 [17SE] (see H.R. 6970), H9404 [28SE]

Public welfare programs: extend grants, measure employment outcomes of exiting recipients, and make corrections to data exchange standards of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 7264), H10168 [12DE]

——— reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 3700), S7275 [4DE]

——— require State agencies to use Federal tax return information to verify income eligibility for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3629), S7050 [15NO]

——— require States to temporarily disregard income earned through participation in apprenticeship programs in making Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program eligibility and benefit determinations (see H.R. 5828), H3977 [15MY]

Puerto Rico: require disclosure of connections to debtors, creditors, or parties of interest to debt restructuring by professionals involved in the process of such restructuring (see H.R. 7355), H10336 [19DE]

Religion: recognize significance of parsonage allowance to religious and spiritual communities and support its continued exemption from gross income for tax purposes (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6463 [17JY]

SBA: study and identify best practices for closing the gender, race, and income gap in patenting rates for certain small business concerns (see H.R. 6390), H6263 [16JY]

SEC: require certain additional disclosure by pharmaceutical companies relative to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see S. 2885), S2773 [17MY]

——— revise regulations relative to qualifications of natural persons as accredited investors (see S. 2756), S2440 [25AP]

Secret Service: extend overtime pay exception for agents (see S. 3663), S7190 [28NO] (see H.R. 6893), H8884 [25SE]

Social Security: clarify entitlement to certain benefits through the month of the death of the beneficiary (see H.R. 5302), H1651 [15MR]

——— credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 6952), H9150 [27SE]

——— enhance benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (see S. 2484), S1316 [1MR]

——— exempt firefighters and police officers from the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 3433), S6142 [12SE]

——— increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses (see S. 3457), S6223 [18SE]

——— permit individuals to select a monthly benefit payment date (see H.R. 7261), H10103 [11DE]

——— permit tribal councils to enter into agreements to obtain coverage for services performed by tribal council members (see H.R. 6124), H5224 [15JN]

——— prevent low-income seniors from losing benefits due to defaulted student loan debt by increasing amount of benefits exempted from garnishment (see S. 3320), S5582 [1AU]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see S. 2671), S2141 [16AP]

——— protect system and improve benefits (H.R. 1902), consideration (see H. Res. 968), H5748 [26JN]

——— replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment (see S. 3526), S6388 [28SE] (see H.R. 6933), H9149 [27SE]

——— strengthen by reforming benefit formula and calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 6929), H9149 [27SE]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for payment of performance royalties to certain producers, mixers, and sound engineers of sound recordings (see S. 2625), S1948 [22MR]

SSA: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress and clarify process for closure of field offices (see H.R. 5431), H3059 [5AP]

SSI: create poverty relief benefit for certain senior citizens and disabled individuals (see S. 2653), S2120 [12AP]

——— reduce minimum age at which a widow or widower may remarry and remain eligible for benefits (see H.R. 6247), H5815 [27JN]

Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish (see S. 3231), S5066 [18JY]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: repeal and use funds to cancel student loan debt and increase Pell grants (see H.R. 5928), H4692 [23MY]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of families of slain or injured victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL (see S. 2632), S2012 [9AP] (see H.R. 5382), H2040 [22MR]

——— allow a credit against income tax for equity investments in research intensive small business concerns (see H.R. 5463), H3095 [10AP]

——— allow an above-the-line deduction for charitable contributions (see H.R. 5771), H3929 [10MY]

——— allow first responders to continue to exclude service-connected disability pension payments after reaching the age of retirement (see S. 2860), S2724 [16MY] (see H.R. 5860), H4209 [17MY]

——— allow for a credit against tax for rent paid on the personal residence of the taxpayer (see S. 3250), S5108 [19JY] (see H.R. 6671), H7754 [14AU]

——— allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling (see S. 3102), S4343 [21JN] (see H.R. 4862), H582 [19JA] (see H.R. 6674), H7756 [17AU]

——— allow use of 529 plans to pay apprenticeship and qualified early education expenses (see S. 3228), S5004 [17JY]

——— allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee (see S. 2718), S2321 [19AP] (see H.R. 7086), H9443 [23OC]

——— apply current income tax brackets to capital gains brackets (see H.R. 6179), H5505 [21JN]

——— clarify treatment of State and local real property taxes paid in 2017 and assessed for 2018 (see H.R. 4803), H403 [16JA]

——— deny deduction for executive compensation unless the employer maintains profit-sharing distributions for employees (see H.R. 6976), H9405 [28SE]

——— eliminate certain tax breaks and benefits and use savings to invest in affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income families (see H.R. 7375), H10510 [20DE]

——— eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see S. 3317, 3332), S5582 [1AU] (see H.R. 6037), H4979 [7JN] (see H.R. 6460), H6588 [19JY] (see H.R. 6504), H7685 [25JY]

——— eliminate tax breaks, deductions, and credits for corporations that lock out workers during a labor dispute and prohibit deductions and credits for wages and benefits paid to temporary workers during labor lockouts (see S. 3544), S6495 [3OC]

——— eliminate tax preferences for foreign profits by repealing reduced rate of tax on foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income (see H.R. 5145), H1340 [1MR]

——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 2674), S2141 [16AP]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (see H.R. 6757), H8106 [10SE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), consideration (see H. Res. 1084), H9088 [26SE]

——— encourage retirement savings (see S. 2526), S1578 [8MR] (see H.R. 5282), H1608 [14MR]

——— ensure proper allocation of lump-sum payments of disability insurance benefits for determinations of modified adjusted gross income under refundable tax credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (see S. 3326), S5582 [1AU]

——— ensure temporary refundable portion of child tax credit is not less than payroll taxes paid by the taxpayer (see H.R. 4959), H973 [7FE]

——— ensure workers and communities that are responsible for record corporate profits benefit from the wealth that those workers and communities help to create (see S. 2505), S1378 [6MR]

——— establish a refundable tax credit to increase take-home pay of workers and enhance their financial stability (see S. 3712), S7319 [5DE]

——— establish American opportunity accounts, modify estate and gift tax rules, and reform taxation of capital income (see S. 3766), S7790 [18DE]

——— establish Refund to Rainy Day Savings Program to allow individuals to defer payment of tax refunds (see S. 3220), S5003 [17JY]

——— exclude bequests to certain exempt organizations from the value of taxable estates (see H.R. 6329), H6041 [10JY]

——— exclude certain post graduation scholarship grants from gross income in the same manner as qualified scholarships to promote economic growth (see S. 3697), S7242 [29NO]

——— exclude employer contributions to student loan repayment from income (see S. 3595), S6815 [11OC]

——— exclude from definition of personal holding company income certain royalties and rents derived from active trade or business (see H.R. 5813), H3976 [15MY]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see S. 3189), S4875 [10JY]

——— exclude from gross income certain amounts received as pensions by retired law enforcement officers who volunteer as school resource officers (see H.R. 6981), H9405 [28SE]

——— exclude from gross income compensation of Armed Forces members assigned to special operations forces who serve in support of certain operations combating terrorism (see H.R. 5747), H3928 [10MY]

——— exclude from gross income gain the sale of land and/or other qualified real property interests in sales for conservation purposes (see H.R. 6999), H9405 [28SE]

——— exempt survivor benefit annuity plan payments from individual alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 7377), H10510 [20DE]

——— extend credit to employers who provide paid family and medical leave (see S. 3412), S6058 [6SE]

——— facilitate disclosure of tax return information to carry out the Higher Education Act (see S. 3611), S6924 [13NO] (see H.R. 7386), H10511 [20DE]

——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 2634), S2012 [9AP]

——— impose a tax on large employers whose employees receive certain Federal benefits because the employees’ income is below a living wage (see S. 3410), S6038 [5SE]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts (see H.R. 5138), H1340 [1MR] (see H.R. 6305), H5987 [3JY]

——— improve health savings accounts (see H.R. 6937), H9150 [27SE]

——— increase contribution limitation for health savings accounts (see H.R. 6306), H5987 [3JY]

——— increase deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 5814), H3976 [15MY]

——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (see H.R. 5872), H4209 [17MY]

——— increase retirement savings, improve access to retirement plans by small businesses, remove barriers to lifetime income retirement options, and provide relief from minimum distribution rules (see S. 3781), S7925 [19DE]

——— increase tax on certain global intangible income by requiring taxes to be paid based on the country in which the profits are earned and not averaged (see H.R. 6015), H4848 [6JN]

——— index certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see S. 2688), S2218 [17AP] (see H.R. 6444), H6587 [19JY]

——— make certain bonuses tax free (see H.R. 5012), H1177 [14FE]

——— make certain temporary tax provisions permanent for Armed Forces members (see H.R. 5672), H3746 [1MY]

——— make civil damages, restitution, and any other monetary award given to human trafficking survivors exempt from Federal income taxes (see S. 3504), S6341 [26SE] (see H.R. 6899), H9088 [26SE]

——— make estate and gift tax exemption increase permanent (see H.R. 6228), H5748 [26JN]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (see H.R. 6760), H8107 [10SE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), consideration (see H. Res. 1084), H9088 [26SE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 2540), S1686 [13MR]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 6277), H5974 [28JN]

——— make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018–2025 (see S. 2281), S46 [4JA] (see S. 2291), S138 [10JA] (see S. 2687), S2218 [17AP] (see H.R. 4886), H676 [29JA]

——— make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018–2025 and medical expense deduction, make certain bonuses tax free, increase standard deduction, and make child tax credit fully refundable (see H.R. 5372), H1754 [21MR]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 48), S6304 [25SE]

——— modify global intangible low-taxed income by repealing tax-free deemed return on investments and determining net controlled foreign corporation tested income on a per-country basis (see S. 3674), S7190 [28NO]

——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 2675), S2141 [16AP]

——— permit employers to make matching contributions to workers under certain retirement plans as if worker student loan payments were salary reduction contributions to the retirement plan (see S. 3771), S7790 [18DE]

——— permit unborn children to be account beneficiaries of section 529 education savings accounts (see H.R. 4794), H403 [16JA]

——— promote retirement savings on behalf of small business employees by improving SIMPLE retirement accounts and easing the transition from a SIMPLE plan to a 401(k) plan (see S. 3197), S4916 [11JY]

——— provide a contribution limit and increased minimum distributions for certain retirement plans with large account balances (see S. 3772), S7790 [18DE]

——— provide a credit for middle-income housing (see S. 3365), S5831 [22AU]

——— provide a refundable credit for certain teachers as a supplement to State efforts to provide teachers with a livable wage (see S. 3730), S7357 [6DE]

——— provide a tax credit for qualified special law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5360), H1754 [21MR]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 2568), S1790 [19MR]

——— provide an alternative exclusion for nonresident citizens of the U.S. living abroad (see H.R. 7358), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide an automatic delay for certain internal revenue requirements in the case of taxpayers in an area where a federally declared disaster is requested (see H.R. 6842), H8732 [17SE]

——— provide an employer credit for increasing wages (see H.R. 6648), H7734 [31JY]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see S. 2459), S1243 [27FE] (see H.R. 5108), H1332 [27FE]

——— provide exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans (see S. 2378), S651 [6FE]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for health care services (see S. 2802), S2552 [8MY]

——— provide for a credit against tax for improving safety of fuel systems in emergency medical rotorcraft (see H.R. 6832), H8731 [17SE]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see H.R. 5463), H3095 [10AP]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 5067), H1217 [16FE]

——— provide matching payments for retirement savings contributions by certain individuals (see S. 3636), S7050 [15NO]

——— provide refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers (see S. 3364), S5831 [22AU]

——— reduce estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 3638), S7050 [15NO]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 6978), H9405 [28SE]

——— reinstate deduction for interest on home equity indebtedness (see H.R. 6817), H8725 [13SE]

——— reinstate taxation of foreign oil related income (see S. 3804), S8017 [21DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5422), H3052 [29MR]

——— repeal excise tax on private college endowments (see H.R. 5220), H1501 [8MR]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (see H.R. 4740), H18 [8JA] (see H.R. 4789), H172 [12JA]

——— repeal tax increase on victims of sexual harassment (see S. 2820), S2623 [10MY]

——— simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry (see H.R. 6736), H7941 [7SE]

——— support responsible middle class tax cuts and the closing of special interest loopholes, and oppose paying for tax cuts with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid (see H. Res. 1097), H9151 [27SE]

——— treat certain income with respect to partnership interests held in connection with the performance of services as ordinary income (see H.R. 5514), H3315 [13AP]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3089), S4035 [19JN] (see H.R. 4958), H973 [7FE]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see H.R. 5609), H3574 [25AP]

Cloture motions

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), S965 [14FE], S1146, S1147, S1148 [15FE]

——— allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), motion to proceed, S850 [9FE], S867 [12FE]

Essays

State of the Union: Oliver Minshall, S576 [30JA]

Factsheets

Tax Relief Pays American Workers: Senator Inhofe, S129 [10JA]

Letters

Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans’ Pensions Act: Representative Gowdy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H9077 [26SE]

——— Representative Harper, Committee on House Administration (House), H9077 [26SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H3580 [26AP], H4001 [16MY]

——— Dena R. Diorio, Mecklenburg County, NC, Manager, H4053 [16MY]

——— Joyce A. Rogers, AARP (organization), H3580 [26AP]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H4003 [16MY]

——— Representative Blunt Rochester, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4000 [16MY]

——— several child advocacy organizations, H4002 [16MY]

Elder Poverty Relief Act: Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S2122 [12AP]

Family Savings Act: Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H9132 [27SE]

Prohibit FAA enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act: Grover Norquist, American for Tax Reform (organization), H3665 [26AP]

Senior$afe Act: Jaye L. Martin, Legal Services for the Elderly (organization), S1712 [14MR]

——— Mike Rothman, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S1712 [14MR]

Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act: Christopher Detzler, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Inc., H747 [5FE]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House), H746 [5FE]

——— Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H748 [5FE]

——— Gretchen Knauff, Disability Rights Connecticut, Inc., H747 [5FE]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Feeding America (organization), H9105 [27SE]

Unity declaration on racism and poverty: Circle of Protection (organization), H1365 [5MR]

Lists

Companies increasing compensation as result of H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, S129 [10JA]

Reasons to thank labor union movement, H666 [29JA]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2019: President Trump, S870 [12FE], H1080 [13FE]

Motions

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), S849 [9FE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), H9172 [28SE]

Press releases

Congress Must Vote No on Farm Bill: Share Our Strength (organization), H4002 [16MY]

Remarks in House

African Americans: tribute to impact and legacy of Black women in America, H1688–H1694 [19MR], E356 [21MR]

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits, including Reserve components and supporting civilian and contractor personnel, during a Government shutdown (H.R. 4871), H596 [20JA]

——— provide for interest payments by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain annuity deposits for prior military service (H.R. 4431), H9076–H9078 [26SE]

——— provide for the continuance of pay and allowances for members, including Reserve components during any period of lapsed appropriations (H.R. 2166), H687 [30JA]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations, H5720 [26JN], H9046 [26SE]

Bankruptcy: dispense with requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances (H.R. 141), H3381 [17AP]

——— improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (H.R. 138), H1645 [15MR]

Bucks County, PA: tribute to Bucks County Opportunity Council Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, H1077 [13FE]

Business and industry: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (H.R. 1670), H7816 [4SE]

——— provide pay stubs, codify Executive order on contracting, improve oversight of executive compensation and stock sales, clarify definition of supervisor, and enhance workplace safety violation penalties (H.R. 2275), H100 [10JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1869), E428 [10AP]

Congressional Black Caucus: accomplishments, H14 [8JA]

Congressional Office of Compliance: require Members to reimburse the Treasury for amounts paid for sexual harassment and assault claims, H808 [6FE]

Courts: permit other courts to transfer certain cases to U.S. Tax Court (H.R. 3996), H1570 [14MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H7830 [5SE], H8176 [13SE], E1335 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify that adult failure to meet Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program household eligibility requirements will not make household children ineligible, H4190, H4191 [17MY]

——— Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding, H3203 [12AP], H10324 [19DE]

——— expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work-capable requirements and use E-verify system to assure recipients of training are legal immigrants, H4187, H4188 [17MY]

——— extend study on comparable access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico, H4192, H4195 [17MY]

——— provide States the flexibility to contract out administrative functions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H4192–H4194 [17MY]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (H.R. 6483), H7692 [26JY]

——— reform categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H10150 [12DE]

——— reform work requirements and education and employment training programs under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3198–H3202 [12AP], H3702 [26AP], H3840 [9MY], H4054, H4057 [16MY], H4154 [17MY], H4238 [18MY], H5002 [8JN], H6266 [17JY], H6474 [18JY], H10151 [12DE]

——— require households demonstrate actual heating or cooling expenses in order to qualify for Standard Utility Allowance, H3198 [12AP]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1275, H1276, H1321 [27FE], H3066 [10AP], H3100, H3104 [11AP]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H3196–H3204 [12AP], H3330 [16AP], H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352 [17AP], H3399, H3401 [18AP], H3579–H3581, H3583, H3585, H3701–H3704 [26AP], H3766–H3773 [7MY], H3869–H3875 [9MY], H3988, H3989, H3991–H3993, H3995–H4005, H4046–H4057 [16MY], H4147, H4148, H4151–H4161 [17MY], H4238 [18MY], H5636 [25JN], H10032 [11DE], H10116–H10120, H10149 [12DE], H10274 [19DE], E678 [17MY], E690 [18MY], E699 [21MY], E1745 [3JA]

——— tribute to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1274 [27FE]

Dept. of Commerce: provide trade adjustment assistance to certain firms adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (H.R. 6396), H6272 [17JY]

Dept. of Education: inform college students of anticipated monthly payments for any income-driven student loan repayment plans for which they are eligible as part of annual counseling process, H7857, H7858 [5SE]

Dept. of Energy: reduce salary of Western Area Power Administration Administrator Mark Gabriel, pursuant to House of Representatives’ Holman Rule allowing such reduction, H4946, H4947 [7JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: apply certain annuity benefits to Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers (H.R. 6051), E813 [8JN]

——— modify authority for pay and work schedules of Border Patrol agents (H.R. 5896), H9078–H9080 [26SE]

Dept. of HUD: proposed changes to public housing assistance programs, H3769 [7MY]

District of Columbia: establish rate of pay of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (H.R. 6670), E1150 [14AU]

——— provide that grand and petit jurors serving in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall receive fees and expenses at the same rates paid to such jurors appearing in U.S. district courts (H.R. 5436), E400 [5AP]

Economy: impact of government policies on unequal distribution of wealth and income, H767–H774 [5FE], E144 [6FE], E151 [7FE]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H3131–H3137 [11AP], H4682–H4688 [23MY]

——— importance of job creation, H6051 [11JY]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H3496, H3497 [24AP], H3586 [26AP]

——— revitalize the middle class, H1172–H1174 [14FE], H6563 [19JY]

——— status, H5002, H5003 [8JN], H7167 [25JY], H8164–H8168 [12SE], H9141–H9143 [27SE]

Employment: require that individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors be treated as employees relative to civil rights laws (H.R. 4972), E153 [7FE]

EPA: prohibit compensation of employees using a special pay-scale intended for health care industry leaders, H6512 [18JY]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H3104 [11AP]

FAA: prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3664–H3666 [26AP]

Federal agencies and departments: guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (H.R. 4875), E88 [22JA]

——— guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (H.R. 7346), E1686 [19DE]

Financial institutions: require short form call reports for certain depository institutions (H.R. 4725), H1393–H1395 [6MR]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H3690 [26AP]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H10274 [19DE]

FRS: raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, H4347 [22MY]

——— raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (H.R. 4771), H983–H990 [8FE]

——— raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement (H.R. 4771), consideration (H. Res. 725), H790–H797 [6FE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6568 [19JY]

——— provide an allowance to Members’ offices to compensate interns, H7876 [6SE]

Housing: support affordable housing programs, E916 [26JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, H177 [16JA]

Immigration: reform, H76–H78 [9JA], H480 [18JA]

Infrastructure: ensure any infrastructure plan provides for job creation, public investment, clean energy jobs, fair hiring and wage standards, and protection of Federal aid programs, the environment, and civil rights (H. Con. Res. 63), H4789, H4790 [6JN]

Internal Revenue Code: make technical corrections, H2026 [22MR]

IRS: establish a free, online tax preparation and filing service and programs that allow taxpayers to access third-party provided tax return information (H.R. 3511), H3407 [18AP]

——— make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program (H.R. 2901), H979 [8FE], H3373–H3375 [17AP], E485 [17AP]

——— prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (H.R. 3500), H7112, H7113 [24JY]

Labor unions: importance, H661–H671 [29JA], H4682–H4688 [23MY], H7814 [4SE], E124, E126, E130 [2FE]

——— tribute to New York labor union members, H767 [5FE]

Law enforcement: reform benefits for public service officers (H.R. 5060), H3959 [15MY], H4142 [17MY]

Medicare: provide for fairness in payments for physicians, H6634 [23JY]

——— repeal therapy cap, H893–H895 [6FE]

Members of Congress: condition pay on budget process and stop automatic adjustments, prohibit use of funds for first class travel, ban lobbying by former Members, and require bipartisan support to consider legislation (H.R. 5946), H4697 [24MY]

——— set annual rate of pay for a Member who has served 12 consecutive years at $1 and exclude service during any such annual pay period as creditable service for purposes of an annuity (H.R. 5539), H3430 [18AP], H3494 [24AP], H3825 [8MY]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (H. Res. 715), H661–H664 [29JA], E126 [2FE]

——— anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (H. Res. 720), E366 [23MR]

Minimum wage: increase (H.R. 15), E916 [26JN]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (H.R. 3913), H418 [17JA]

Montana: impact of coal industry policies, H5967 [28JN]

NAFTA: impact on U.S. wages and workforce, H9531 [15NO], H9731 [29NO]

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: anniversary of report identifying racism and segregation as the root cause of civil unrest, H1363–H1370 [5MR], E280, E281 [8MR], E289 [9MR]

National Retirement Planning Week: observance, H3083 [10AP], H3196 [12AP]

Newport News, VA: anniversary of United Steelworkers (organization) Local 8888, E1272 [20SE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: oppose reduction in premiums paid by certain cooperative and small employer pension plans, E1723 [21DE]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums, H10472 [20DE]

——— modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions (H.R. 2412), H80 [9JA], E1192 [4SE]

——— protect multiemployer pension plan benefits, H3890 [10MY], H6273 [17JY]

——— secure multiemployer pension benefits, H78 [9JA], H1616 [15MR], H8891 [26SE]

Poor People’s Campaign—A National Call for Moral Revival: support efforts to address issues of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy and militarism, H5188–H5195 [14JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of Federal income tax returns by Presidents and candidates for the office of President (H.R. 305), H3407–H3409 [18AP]

Public welfare programs: encourage work requirements for beneficiaries to reduce unemployment and reduce need for guest workers, H4239 [18MY]

——— extend grants, measure employment outcomes of exiting recipients, and make corrections to data exchange standards of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 7264), H10124 [12DE]

——— importance, H4588 [23MY]

Racial relations: eliminate economic inequality through increased funding for housing, education, and employment programs, E281 [8MR]

SEC: increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to employee stock compensatory benefit plans (S. 488), H6295–H6312 [17JY], H9695, H9733, H9735–H9738 [29NO], E1052 [24JY]

——— revise regulations relative to qualifications of natural persons as accredited investors, H6307 [17JY]

Secret Service: extend overtime pay exception for agents (H.R. 6893), H9792–H9794 [10DE]

——— provide overtime pay for employees (H.R. 3731), E35 [11JA]

——— provide overtime pay for employees (H.R. 3731), Senate amendment, H1751 [21MR]

Securities: require certain low-revenue issuers to have a policy in place to claw back executive incentive-based pay if it is materially noncompliant with financial reporting requirements, H1166, H1167 [14FE]

Senior citizens: provide training for financial services personnel to identify potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens and liability protection for such individuals who disclose such examples, H648–H650 [29JA], H4347 [22MY]

Social Security: funding, H3768 [7MY], H4783 [6JN]

——— permit tribal councils to enter into agreements to obtain coverage for services performed by tribal council members (H.R. 6124), H7118, H7119 [24JY]

——— protect system and improve benefits, H8180 [13SE]

——— provide for cost-of-living adjustments indexed to the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly, H6310 [17JY]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers, H3537, H3541 [25AP]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (H.R. 947), H5156 [14JN]

——— improve and strengthen representative payment program (H.R. 4547), H741–H749 [5FE], E154 [7FE]

——— SSI eligibility hearings backlog, H129 [10JA]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H8 [8JA], H22, H29, H72–H75 [9JA], H85, H91, H93, H94, H128, H129 [10JA], H163, H164 [11JA], H177, H399–H401 [16JA], H422, H455, H457, H469–H471 [17JA], H489, H491, H539 [18JA], H573 [19JA], H585 [20JA], H656, H671 [29JA], H684, H688, H689 [30JA], H767 [5FE], H829, H897, H898 [6FE], H979 [8FE], H1173 [14FE], H1201 [15FE], H1257–H1262 [26FE], H1272, H1329 [27FE], H1355 [5MR], H1422, H1425–H1431 [6MR], H1449 [7MR], H1616 [15MR], H1684–H1688 [19MR], H1702 [20MR], H3085–H3089 [10AP], H3104, H3108 [11AP], H3230, H3307 [13AP], H3331 [16AP], H3351, H3352, H3353, H3367, H3382, H3393 [17AP], H3404, H3405, H3436 [18AP], H3456, H3457, H3460, H3497–H3501 [24AP], H3581, H3589 [26AP], H3710 [27AP], H3768, H3770, H3773, H3774 [7MY], H3839, H3841, H3842 [9MY], H3915 [10MY], H3960–H3962 [15MY], H3990 [16MY], H4742, H4763–H4768 [5JN], H4780 [6JN], H4858 [7JN], H5001–H5003 [8JN], H5029, H5083–H5088 [12JN], H5278 [19JN], H5347, H5348 [20JN], H5510, H5576 [22JN], H5642–H5646 [25JN], H5655 [26JN], H5756, H5757 [27JN], H6047 [11JY], H6245 [16JY], H6554 [18JY], H6577, H6585 [19JY], H6634 [23JY], H7171, H7648, H7649 [25JY], H7814 [4SE], H7829 [5SE], H8164–H8168 [12SE], H8178 [13SE], H9094, H9103–H9111, H9114, H9141 [27SE], H9745 [30NO], E231 [27FE], E1084 [26JY]

——— impact on budget deficit, H3383 [17AP]

——— impact on stock market, H177 [16JA]

——— impact on women, H65 [9JA]

——— repeal and use funds to cancel student loan debt and increase Pell grants (H.R. 5928), H4592 [23MY]

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), H1129 [14FE], H1270 [27FE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings, H10472 [20DE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), H8891 [26SE], H9094, H9118–H9134 [27SE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), consideration (H. Res. 1084), H9101–H9113 [27SE]

——— extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, H9703–H9710 [29NO], H10341–H10343, H10445–H10477 [20DE], E1723 [21DE]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts, H7100 [24JY], H7653, H7655 [25JY]

——— increase contribution limitation for health savings accounts, H7659, H7660, H7664 [25JY]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), H8896 [26SE], H9094, H9139 [27SE], H9158–H9174 [28SE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), consideration (H. Res. 1084), H9101–H9113 [27SE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), motion to recommit, H9173 [28SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), E1319 [27SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 48), H8838 [25SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), Senate amendment, H8822 [25SE], E1433 [19OC]

——— permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts (H.R. 1476), H7109, H7110 [24JY]

——— permit unborn children to be account beneficiaries of section 529 education savings accounts, H10474 [20DE]

——— prohibit making permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business unless enactment will not harm the financial position of Medicare and Social Security trust funds, H9173 [28SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1201), H7107–H7109 [24JY], E1068 [25JY]

——— provide an automatic delay for certain internal revenue requirements in the case of taxpayers in an area where a federally declared disaster is requested, H10471 [20DE]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (H.R. 5108), H7816 [4SE]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to pay down the public debt (H.R. 5067), H3456 [24AP]

——— rates, H93 [10JA]

——— reform, H7876 [6SE]

——— reform dependent care flexible spending accounts, H8894 [26SE]

——— reform the low-income housing credit (H.R. 1661), H397 [16JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H3436–H3438 [18AP]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes, H9168, H9169 [28SE], H10473 [20DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), conference report, H30 [9JA], H86, H93 [10JA]

Treaties and agreements: impact of NAFTA and CAFTA on U.S. wages and workforce, H5195–H5198 [14JN], H5756 [27JN]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration, H686 [30JA], H7166 [25JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to Federal employees, H7817 [4SE], H7923 [7SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to the economy, H687 [30JA], H3204 [12AP], H8896 [26SE], H9695 [29NO]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns, H3360 [17AP], H3407, H3408 [18AP], H4129 [16MY]

University of California, Berkeley: tribute to student analysis of impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision relative to institutions of higher education tax-free tuition waivers and efforts to secure removal of such provision, E36 [11JA]

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. 4958), H4258, H4259 [21MY]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (H.R. 5609), H5754 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits, including Reserve components and supporting civilian and contractor personnel, during a Government shutdown, S354 [19JA], S383, S387 [20JA], S396, S400, S408–S410, S414, S426 [21JA]

——— provide flexibility in housing treatment of families of members undergoing a permanent change of station by allowing them to leave early or remain at their current duty station for up to six months (S. 1154), S2860 [23MY]

——— provide for interest payments by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing certain annuity deposits for prior military service (H.R. 4431), S7622 [13DE]

Bankruptcy: prohibit funding for Federal loan guaranty agencies to contest and litigate certain undue hardship claims in bankruptcy court, S5327 [25JY]

Business and industry: importance of investment in workforce, S2372 [24AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 819), S2029 [10AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S2975–S2978 [5JN], S3276, S3283 [7JN], S6785 [11OC], S6941 [14NO], S7020, S7022 [15NO], S7073–S7076 [26NO], S7330–S7332 [6DE], S7405 [11DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: set rate of pay for employees in accordance with the General Schedule, S1416 [7MR]

Corporations: impact of employee layoffs on profits and stock prices, S1830 [20MR]

——— require businesses to balance responsibilities to employees and shareholders by requiring Federal charters and election of board members, restricting sales of company shares, and limiting political expenditures (S. 3348), S5887 [23AU]

Courts: permit other courts to transfer certain cases to U.S. Tax Court (H.R. 3996), S7453 [11DE]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions, S1707 [14MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3747 [12JN]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (S. 3258), S5318 [25JY]

——— reform work requirements and education and employment training programs under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S4703 [28JN]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits, S4476 [27JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, S4389 [26JN], S4475 [27JN], S4702–S4704, S4708, S4711–S4713 [28JN], S7918–S7921 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit contracts with companies compensating any employee at a rate higher than the Sec. of Defense, S3965 [18JN]

Dept. of HUD: protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination based on source of income or veterans status (S. 3612), S6927 [13NO]

Dept. of Labor: provide protections for employees receving tips by ensuring that all tips are the property of the employee and not the employer, S1274 [28FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve processing of veterans benefits, limit authority to recover overpayments and other amounts owed by veterans, and improve due process for veterans relative to such recovery, S4274 [20JN]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (H.R. 1725), S1190 [15FE]

——— protect individuals eligible for increased pension on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices (H.R. 3122), S1191 [15FE]

Economy: address low labor force participation rates by increasing efforts to provide skills training, reduce dependency on Federal aid programs, integrate previously incarcerated individuals into workforce, and address opioid crisis, S2571–S2574 [9MY]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S4396–S4398 [26JN]

——— importance of job creation, S2802 [22MY], S7228 [29NO]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S3004 [6JN]

——— status, S3875 [13JN], S4924 [12JY], S5394 [26JY], S5441 [30JY], S5706 [20AU], S5745 [21AU], S5886 [23AU], S6794–S6798 [11OC]

Education: increase public school teacher compensation and investment in public education, S2806 [22MY]

——— teacher compensation and school funding, S2375 [24AP]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2029 [10AP]

Federal employees: provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (S. 2274), S2 [3JA], S326 [19JA], S8009–S8011 [21DE]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (S. 2274), unanimous-consent request, S378 [20JA], S424, S425 [21JA]

——— support pay increase for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees, S5332, S5334, S5345–S5351 [25JY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 490), S2498 [26AP]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (S. 2165), S30 [4JA]

Immigration: potential impact of loss of legal status for certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children on U.S. economic growth, S694 [7FE]

IRS: impact of proposed rule limiting the type of charitable contributions that are deductible on Federal taxes on programs providing State tax credits for donations to State-approved funds, S6123 [12SE]

——— Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program funding, S5240, S5241 [24JY]

Labor unions: importance, S6024 [4SE]

——— protection of workers’ wages and pensions, S5553 [1AU]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (S. 14), S284 [18JA], S370 [20JA]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (S. Res. 404), S1155 [15FE], S1291, S1292 [28FE]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 1105), S2667 [15MY]

National Retirement Security Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 654), S6349 [26SE]

Pensions: provide alternative minimum funding rules for certain single-employer benefit plans maintained by community newspaper, unanimous-consent request, S2466 [26AP]

——— provide for salary reductions for certain employees of pension plans in critical or declining status that reduces participant benefits, S182 [16JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: modify monetary allowance payable to a former President, S3731, S3747 [12JN]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns by Presidents and candidates for the office of President, S5466 [31JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S2975 [5JN]

Secret Service: extend overtime pay exception for agents (H.R. 6893), S7896 [19DE]

——— provide overtime pay for employees (H.R. 3731), S1796 [19MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S276 [18JA]

Senior citizens: provide training for financial services personnel to identify potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens and liability protection for such individuals who disclose such examples (S. 223), S1711 [14MR]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (S. 379), S7650–S7652 [17DE]

——— eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (S. 379), unanimous-consent request, S7651 [17DE]

——— permit tribal councils to enter into agreements to obtain coverage for services performed by tribal council members (H.R. 6124), S6103 [6SE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (S. 337), S674–S677, S682 [7FE]

——— improve and strengthen representative payment program (H.R. 4547), S1982 [22MR], S2010 [9AP]

SSI: create poverty relief benefit for certain senior citizens and disabled individuals (S. 2653), S2121 [12AP]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, S10 [3JA], S81, S84, S100 [9JA], S113, S122–S124, S128 [10JA], S143, S157–S159 [11JA], S173 [16JA], S213, S227, S230, S234, S236 [17JA], S265, S281 [18JA], S446, S448 [23JA], S478, S482 [24JA], S507, S509–S511 [25JA], S531, S544 [29JA], S557, S566, S567 [30JA], S596, S601 [5FE], S617, S618, S630 [6FE], S673, S677–S680, S684 [7FE], S810–S812 [8FE], S889, S894 [13FE], S930, S932, S945 [14FE], S1132 [15FE], S1211 [26FE], S1224, S1229 [27FE], S1261, S1262, S1267, S1271 [28FE], S1295, S1298 [1MR], S1325, S1328–S1330 [5MR], S1344, S1346, S1349, S1400 [6MR], S1406, S1407 [7MR], S1530–S1533 [8MR], S1618 [12MR], S1645, S1655 [13MR], S1696, S1716, S1717 [14MR], S1742 [15MR], S1773 [19MR], S1801 [20MR], S1858 [21MR], S1886 [22MR], S1994 [9AP], S2021 [10AP], S2048, S2060, S2063–S2066 [11AP], S2085, S2087 [12AP], S2132 [16AP], S2191, S2193, S2195, S2196, S2198, S2199, S2207–S2214 [17AP], S2228, S2242 [18AP], S2290 [19AP], S2334 [23AP], S2360, S2372 [24AP], S2418 [25AP], S2505, S2507 [7MY], S2533 [8MY], S2560, S2570, S2571, S2587 [9MY], S2599 [10MY], S2658, S2672 [15MY], S2689 [16MY], S2736 [17MY], S2823 [22MY], S2890, S2919 [24MY], S3013–S3016 [6JN], S3289 [7JN], S3395 [11JN], S3730, S3745 [12JN], S3864, S3877 [13JN], S3930 [14JN], S4012, S4017 [19JN], S4254, S4256, S4259, S4263–S4265, S4276 [20JN], S4313, S4315–S4318 [21JN], S4354, S4365 [25JN], S4380, S4381 [26JN], S4460, S4468, S4489–S4491 [27JN], S4690 [28JN], S4882 [11JY], S4960, S4963 [16JY], S4974 [17JY], S5027, S5050–S5052 [18JY], S5080 [19JY], S5227 [24JY], S5403 [26JY], S5464, S5465, S5467 [31JY], S5528 [1AU], S5614 [15AU], S5672, S5679, S5686 [16AU], S5734 [21AU], S5791 [22AU], S5962 [28AU], S6122–S6124 [12SE], S6273 [24SE], S6284, S6290 [25SE], S6418 [2OC], S6736, S6758 [10OC], S6778, S6807 [11OC], S7474 [12DE], S7885 [19DE]

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), S615 [5FE], S618 [6FE], S671 [7FE], S795, S804, S807, S832 [8FE], S929, S930–S965 [14FE], S1131–S1135, S1138–S1149, S1152–S1155 [15FE]

——— allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), motion to proceed, S849 [9FE], S855–S868 [12FE], S889–S904 [13FE], S930 [14FE]

——— allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), unanimous-consent request, S894, S903 [13FE], S1365 [6MR], S1918 [22MR]

——— encourage retirement savings (S. 2526), S1580 [8MR]

——— facilitate disclosure of tax return information to carry out the Higher Education Act (S. 3611), S7946 [19DE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), S615 [5FE], S618 [6FE], S6259–S6261 [18SE], S6292–S6296 [25SE], S6334 [26SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 48), S6311 [25SE]

——— modify credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 1551), unanimous-consent request, S1365, S1366 [6MR], S1662 [13MR], S2198 [17AP], S2604, S2605 [10MY]

——— permit employers to make matching contributions to workers under certain retirement plans as if worker student loan payments were salary reduction contributions to the retirement plan (S. 3771), S7791 [18DE]

——— promote retirement savings on behalf of small business employees by improving SIMPLE retirement accounts and easing the transition from a SIMPLE plan to a 401(k) plan (S. 3197), S4917 [11JY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (S. 1778), S7125 [27NO]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1201), S5390 [25JY], S5394 [26JY]

——— provide for deferral of inclusion in gross income for capital gains reinvested in opportunity zones, S230 [17JA], S674, S678 [7FE], S1656 [13MR], S2022 [10AP]

——— provide matching payments for retirement savings contributions by certain individuals (S. 3636), S7053 [15NO]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria (S. 1892), S5803 [22AU], S5888 [23AU]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes, S6123 [12SE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), S837 [8FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), conference report, S16 [3JA], S31, S36 [4JA], S49, S75 [8JA], S342 [19JA], S374 [20JA], S6966 [14NO]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration, S61 [8JA], S269 [18JA], S558 [30JA], S2658 [15MY], S5749 [21AU], S6040 [5SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to workers’ rights, S2027 [10AP]

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. 4958), S6311 [25SE]

Reports filed

Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6305) (H. Rept. 115–844), H6587 [19JY]

Community Bank Reporting Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4725) (H. Rept. 115–577), H1226 [23FE]

Consideration of H.R. 772, Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act, and H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 725) (H. Rept. 115–546), H782 [5FE]

Consideration of H.R. 6757, Family Savings Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1084) (H. Rept. 115–985), H9088 [26SE]

Consideration of H.R. 6760, Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1084) (H. Rept. 115–985), H9088 [26SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 88, Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief and IRS Modernization and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1160) (H. Rept. 115–1054), H9690 [28NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1180) (H. Rept. 115–1084), H10335 [19DE]

Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans’ Pensions Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4431) (H. Rept. 115–946), H8169 [12SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security Modification of Authority for Pay and Work Schedules of Border Patrol Agents: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 5896) (H. Rept. 115–973), H8883 [25SE]

Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3500) (H. Rept. 115–796), H5973 [28JN]

Family Savings Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6757) (H. Rept. 115–959), H8742 [24SE]

Health Care Security Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6306) (H. Rept. 115–847), H6587 [19JY]

Mortgage Fairness Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2570) (H. Rept. 115–1024), H9525 [14NO]

Presidential Allowance Modernization Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1791) (S. Rept. 115–211), S1219 [26FE]

Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3996) (H. Rept. 115–598), H1607 [14MR]

Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6760) (H. Rept. 115–958), H8742 [24SE]

Save Community Newspaper Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6377) (H. Rept. 115–1011), H9467 [6NO]

Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 6893) (H. Rept. 115–1069), H9819 [10DE]

Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4771) (H. Rept. 115–543), H736 [2FE]

Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3309) (H. Rept. 115–932), H8106 [10SE]

Tribal Social Security Fairness Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6124) (H. Rept. 115–801), H5980 [29JN]

TSA LEAP Pay Reform Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1896), S6438 [2OC]

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4958) (H. Rept. 115–688), H4241 [18MY]

Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1888) (S. Rept. 115–330), S6028 [4SE]

Statements

House Republican Tax Proposal Repeats Flaws in 2017 Tax Law: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H9173 [28SE]

Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty: Several Religious Leaders, H1364 [5MR]

Testimonies

Poor People’s Campaign—A National Call for Moral Revival: Deanna Butler, H5194 [14JN]

——— Latifah Trezvant, H5194 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 725, consideration of H.R. 772, Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act, and H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act, H790 [6FE]

H. Res. 1084, consideration of H.R. 6757, Family Savings Act, H9101 [27SE]

H. Res. 1084, consideration of H.R. 6760, Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act, H9101 [27SE]

H. Res. 1160, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H9703 [29NO]

H. Res. 1180, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H10340 [20DE]

H.R. 88, retirement, savings, and other tax relief and IRS modernization and improvement, H10445–H10469 [20DE]

H.R. 1201, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act, H7107 [24JY]

H.R. 1476, Native American Health Savings Improvement Act, H7109 [24JY]

H.R. 2901, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act, H3373 [17AP]

H.R. 3500, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act, H7112 [24JY]

H.R. 3996, Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act, H1570 [14MR]

H.R. 4431, Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans’ Pensions Act, H9076 [26SE]

H.R. 4547, Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act, H741–H746 [5FE]

H.R. 4725, Community Bank Reporting Relief Act, H1393 [6MR]

H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act, H983 [8FE]

H.R. 4958, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H4258 [21MY]

H.R. 5896, Dept. of Homeland Security modification of authority for pay and work schedules of Border Patrol agents, H9078 [26SE]

H.R. 6124, Tribal Social Security Fairness Act, H7118 [24JY]

H.R. 6757, Family Savings Act, H9118–H9126 [27SE]

H.R. 6760, Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act, H9158–H9165 [28SE]

H.R. 6893, Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act, H9792 [10DE]

S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act, H6295–H6306 [17JY]

S. 2274, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act, S8011 [21DE]

S. 2328, Pay Our Military Act, S349 [19JA]

S. 2518, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S1456–S1460 [7MR]

S. 2653, Elder Poverty Relief Act, S2122 [12AP]

S. 2860, Putting First-Responders First Act, S2727 [16MY]

S. 3440, Measuring Real Income Growth Act, S6191 [17SE]

S. 3504, Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, S6343 [26SE]

S. 3611, Faster Access to Federal Student Aid Act, S7946 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 48, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1551, Music Modernization Act, S6310 [25SE], H8838 [25SE]

S. Res. 404, Memphis, TN, sanitation workers’ strike anniversary, S909 [13FE]

S. Res. 433, declare enactment of Marketplace Fairness Act would harm the economy by creating an online sales tax that would create undue burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs and provide no benefit to States without sales taxes, S1688 [13MR]

S. Res. 490, Financial Literacy Month, S2492 [26AP]

S. Res. 654, support goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, S6347 [26SE]