BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY related term(s) Corporations

Addresses

Installation of the ‘‘Fearless Girl’’ Statue at the New York Stock Exchange: Cyrus Taraporevala, E140 [6FE]

Journalists Are Not the Enemy: Senator Schumer, S1177 [12FE]

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: Senator Alexander, S1924 [25MR]

Amendments

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (S. 1434), S7218, S7229 [19DE]

Corporations: disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (H. Res. 646), H8314 [22OC]

——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8335, H8336, H8337, H8338 [22OC]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), H7848, H7849, H7850 [20SE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), consideration (H. Res. 558), H7765 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize certain companies, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10041 [11DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10167, H10202, H10204, H10205, H10207, H10208, H10210, H10211, H10214, H10215, H10216, H10217 [12DE]

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H9135, H9138, H9139, H9140, H9143, H9144, H9145, H9146, H9147, H9148 [21NO]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), consideration (H. Res. 713), H9072 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), H7630, H7631, H7632 [11SE]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7571 [10SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7615, H7616, H7617, H7618, H7619, H7621, H7622 [11SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7571 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), S278 [16JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7334 [24JY]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), consideration (H. Res. 509), H7263 [24JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 377), H3811 [15MY]

FCC: improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (S. 151), S3075 [23MY]

——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (S. 1822), S7178, S7215 [19DE]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), H3178, H3179, H3180, H3181, H3182, H3183, H3184 [9AP], H3224, H3226, H3229, H3230, H3232, H3233 [10AP]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3147 [9AP]

Firearms: require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H2254, H2256, H2257, H2258, H2262 [27FE]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 145), H2127 [26FE]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3873, H3874, H3876, H3877, H3878, H3879, H3880, H3882, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3889, H3891, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3900, H3901 [16MY]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), consideration (H. Res. 377), H3811 [15MY]

Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (S. 1838), S6654, S6676 [19NO]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items to the Hong Kong Police Force (S. 2710), S6661, S6679 [19NO]

Immigration: reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), H10070 [11DE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10041 [11DE]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S702, S723 [28JA], S732, S746, S747, S748, S749, S752, S753, S754 [29JA], S771, S772, S773 [30JA], S789, S812, S813, S814 [31JA], S830, S836 [4FE]

Minimum wage: increase (H.R. 582), H7122, H7123 [18JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), consideration (H. Res. 492), H5935 [17JY]

Native Americans: provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities (S. 212), S4639, S4650 [27JN]

SEC: prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (H.R. 2534), H9275, H9276 [5DE]

——— prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (H.R. 2534), consideration (H. Res. 739), H9235 [4DE]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), H8216, H8217, H8218, H8219 [17OC]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8157 [16OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), H8238, H8239 [18OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8157 [16OC]

Space policy: call for an international agreement and require Federal agencies issuing licenses for commercial space activities to include provisions to protect and preserve the Apollo 11 and other lunar landing sites (S. 1694), S4934, S4954 [18JY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), consideration (H. Res. 389), H4030 [21MY]

Analyses

Equality Act—It’s Impact on Government Funding of Abortion: U.S. Conference of Bishops, H3948 [17MY]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), E1572 [10DE]

Articles and editorials

Before You Pour All That Maple Syrup on Your Pancakes, Here’s What You Should Know About It, S6387 [5NO]

CARD Act Turns 10—Changes Have Kept Money in Consumers’ Pockets, H4077 [22MY]

Emails Show DeVos Aides Pulled Strings for Failing For-Profit Colleges, S5301 [1AU]

How Ukranian Oligarchs Secretly Became the Largest Real Estate Owners in Downtown Cleveland, H7910 [25SE]

In White River Junction, Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves, S5185 [30JY]

Making It in Vermont—Darn Tough Doubles Down on Northfield Facilities, S3044 [22MY]

Middlebury’s Beau Ties Collars the Market on Dapper Neckwear, S2427 [11AP]

No Benefit to a Beneficial Ownership Reporting System That Increases America’s Over-Incarceration Problem and Fails To Adequately Protect Privacy, H8322 [22OC]

No Money Tree, E516 [1MY]

Price Controls Would Stifle Biotech Innovation, H10132 [12DE]

Racist History of Tipping, H7121 [18JY]

Treasury Admits Russian-Born Physicist Shouldn’t Be on Oligarch List That It Cribbed From Forbes, E1164 [17SE]

Trump Tax Cuts Did Little To Boost Economic Growth in 2018, Study Says, H12218 [19DE]

2017 Tax Cuts Didn’t Work, the Data Prove It, H12217 [19DE]

US Needs Alternatives to China’s Rare Earth Monopoly, H8614 [30OC]

Vermont Company Played Key Role in Apollo Moon Mission—A Former Engineer With Vergennes-Based Simmonds Precision Describes the Company’s Role in the Apollo Space Program, S4942 [18JY]

Vote on the Green New Deal, S1317 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions

Aerospace Industries Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 314), S5539 [17SE]

African Americans: recognize disparity in wages paid to Black women and reaffirm support for ensuring equal pay and closing the gender wage gap (see H. Con. Res. 59), H7520 [23AU]

Agriculture: combat unfair trade practices affecting core seasonal industries by allowing producers to bring trade cases if they can prove illegal seasonal dumping of products by foreign producers (see S. 16), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 101), H204 [3JA]

——— impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and establish a commission to review such mergers and antitrust oversight of farm and food sectors (see S. 1596), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2933), H4119 [22MY]

——— prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 272), H281 [8JA]

——— provide for study and promotion of hemp (see H.R. 3652), H5302 [9JY]

Air Force: recognize contributions of those responsible for operating and maintaining Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation and importance of its continuous availability, accuracy, reliability, and resiliency (see S. Res. 216), S3005 [21MY] (see H. Res. 219), H2680 [12MR]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 203), S2787 [13MY]

Alcoholic beverages: recognize contributions of American Viticultural Areas and winegrowing regions (see H. Res. 642), H8259 [18OC]

——— recognize successful State-based alcohol regulation since the creation of an effective system of independent beer, wine, and spirits distribution (see H. Res. 285), H3068 [3AP]

——— reform taxation (see S. 362), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1175), H1581 [13FE]

Amtrak: permit to bring Federal civil actions to enforce rights which give intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing (see S. 2922), S6718 [20NO]

Animals: require all persons exercising substantial operational control over a concentrated animal feeding operation to jointly obtain a permit for certain discharges (see H.R. 3844), H7150 [18JY]

Antitrust policy: authorize Dept. of Justice and FTC to seek civil monetary penalties to deter certain Sherman Act violations (see S. 2237), S5012 [23JY]

——— modify standards for unlawful acquisitions (see S. 307), S800 [31JA]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources (see S. 1937), S4169 [20JN]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and improving information provided to antitrust enforcers (see S. 306), S800 [31JA]

——— restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see S. 350), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1418), H2311 [28FE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: aid in development of an ethane storage hub in central Appalachia and assist in developing infrastructure necessary to allow the region to benefit from associated manufacturing jobs (see S. 2280), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4433), H7864 [20SE]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (see H.R. 2467), H3404 [1MY]

Arctic regions: establish a congressionally chartered seaway development corporation (see S. 1177), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 3020), H4164 [23MY]

Armed Forces: allow families of fallen and critically-injured servicemembers to terminate their telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts without penalty (see S. 2963), S6824 [3DE] (see H.R. 4356), H7753 [17SE]

——— improve provision of military housing to members and their families through private entities (see S. 1229), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2384), H3303 [29AP]

——— provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses and improve portability of occupational licenses from State to State for military spouses (see S. 1383), S2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 2618), H3678 [9MY] (see H.R. 3072), H4216 [3JN]

Arms sales: modify certification and reporting requirements for sales of major defense equipment relative to which nonrecurring costs of research, development, and production are waived or reduced (see H.R. 1033), H1458 [7FE]

Aviation: enhance recognition of, and response to, aircraft failure conditions (see S. 2703), S6155 [24OC]

Bankruptcy: address reorganization of small businesses (see S. 1091), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 3311), H4770 [18JN]

——— include claims for unfunded vested benefits in defined benefit pension plan as administrative expenses (see S. 1486), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2619), H3678 [9MY]

——— make private and Federal student loans dischargeable (see S. 1414), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2648), H3679 [9MY]

——— modify venue requirements relative to bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 4421), H7835 [19SE]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses to highly compensated employees and insiders of the debtor to perform services during the bankruptcy case (see H.R. 1557), H2503 [6MR]

Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): investigate certain business dealings while Joseph R. Biden, Jr., served as Vice President and whether such dealings resulted in conflicts of interests or affected U.S. foreign policy (see H. Res. 631), H8143 [15OC]

BLM: create a buffer in between oil and gas drilling operations and homes, businesses, schools, and other buildings that require special protection (see H.R. 1333), H2100 [25FE]

——— streamline oil and gas permitting process and recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units (see S. 180), S293 [17JA]

Brunei: impose sanctions on officials responsible for implementing newly revised penal code (see H.R. 2561), H3474 [7MY]

Buy American Act: standardize and extend certain provisions (see H.R. 2755), H3841 [15MY]

——— strengthen requirements (see H.R. 2472), H3438 [2MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the U.S. Capitol Grounds (see H.R. 5521), H12290 [19DE]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 79), S1493 [26FE] (see H. Res. 119), H1517 [11FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: establish Patient and State Stability Fund to stabilize individual and small group State insurance markets and lower patient costs (see H.R. 1510), H2366 [5MR]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 4088), H7476 [26JY]

CFTC: clarify clearing exemption for small financial institutions (see H.R. 4604), H8094 [4OC]

——— clarify treatment of privileged information following its disclosure (see H.R. 4325), H7705 [12SE]

——— clarify venue for judicial review of Commission rules (see H.R. 4246), H7558 [9SE]

——— eliminate double-sided confirmation requirement for swap data repositories (see H.R. 4247), H7558 [9SE]

——— establish Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (see H.R. 4257), H7559 [9SE]

——— extend jurisdiction to include setting of reference prices for aluminum premiums (see S. 1953), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 1406), H2270 [27FE]

——— help end-users better utilize derivatives markets by refining definition of financial entity, clarifying how affiliates can utilize end-user exception, and harmonizing clearing and margin exemptions (see H.R. 4726), H8227 [17OC]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of regulations and orders (see H.R. 4909), H8594 [29OC]

——— modernize authority to conduct research, development, demonstration, and information programs (see H.R. 4535), H8054 [26SE]

——— provide certainty for futures customers and market participants (see H.R. 4333), H7711 [13SE]

——— provide greater protection of proprietary information (see H.R. 4772), H8297 [21OC]

——— provide greater protection of proprietary information of other registered entities (see H.R. 4251), H7558 [9SE] (see H.R. 4287), H7664 [11SE]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4895), H8594 [29OC]

——— revise and improve advisory committees (see H.R. 4770), H8297 [21OC]

CFTC and SEC: modify whistleblower incentives and protections (see S. 2529), S5628 [23SE] (see H.R. 4816), H8455 [23OC]

China: condemn theft of intellectual property and control export of covered national interest technology and intellectual property (see S. 1459), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 3532), H5255 [27JN]

——— direct the President to impose penalties pursuant to denial orders relative to certain Chinese telecommunications companies that are in violation of U.S. export control or sanctions laws (see S. 152), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 602), H674 [16JA]

——— impose duties on imported merchandise in an amount equivalent to estimated annual loss of revenue from violations of U.S. intellectual property rights and compensate holders of such rights for resultant losses (see H.R. 902), H1334 [30JA]

——— impose sanctions and prohibit visas for those who participate in illegal operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea (see S. 1634), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 3508), H5200 [26JN]

——— impose sanctions relative to theft of U.S. intellectual property by Chinese persons (see S. 1092), S2328 [9AP]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2088 [28MR]

——— safeguard certain U.S. technology and intellectual property from export to or influence by China and protect U.S. industry from unfair competition by China (see S. 2), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 704), H997 [22JA]

China Censorship Monitor and Action Group: establish (see S. 2743), S6299 [30OC]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see S. 940), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 1960), H2915 [28MR]

——— protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 330), H283 [8JA]

Climate Action Rebate Fund: create to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide rebates to consumers, encourage innovation of clean energy technologies, and create new economic opportunities (see S. 2284), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4051), H7466 [25JY]

Collective bargaining: clarify requirements for meeting the definition of the term ‘‘employee’’ (see S. 664), S1660 [5MR]

Colleges and universities: create consistent servicing and disclosure standards across private and Federal student loans (see S. 1354), S2688 [7MY]

——— designate institutions of higher education that provide research, data, and leadership on continuous manufacturing as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (see H.R. 4866), H8538 [28OC]

——— include court-ordered receivership in the list of actions resulting in a change of ownership (see H.R. 5425), H10258 [12DE]

——— prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (see S. 608), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1430), H2312 [28FE]

——— provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 2114), S4821 [15JY] (see H.R. 1810), H2754 [18MR]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 2925), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5241), H9168 [21NO]

——— require the FBI to create a list of foreign intelligence threats to higher education and require reporting to Dept. of Education of certain gifts from such entities (see S. 1701), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 3071), H4216 [3JN]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 1612), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2920), H4118 [22MY]

Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise: establish (see H.R. 3385), H5005 [20JN]

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish (see H.R. 3576), H5257 [27JN]

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on investigation into Equifax, Inc., data breach (see S. Res. 139), S2189 [2AP]

Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 54), H7377 [24JY]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: express concern over use of, and take steps to end, child labor in cobalt and other mines and identify U.S. entities that receive or benefit from cobalt obtained from child labor (see H. Res. 531), H7481 [30JY]

Congress: prohibit Members and senior staff from buying or selling individual stocks and other investments while in office and prohibit Members from serving on corporate boards while in office (see S. 1393), S2770 [9MY]

Conservation of energy: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see H.R. 2104), H3100 [4AP]

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (see S. 1434), S2787 [13MY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: eliminate (see S. 1335), S2645 [6MY]

Consumers: eliminate mandatory predispute arbitration agreements for consumer financial product or service disputes (see S. 630), S1594 [28FE]

——— enhance consumer rights relative to consumer report disputes by requiring credit reporting agencies to forward documentation provided by consumers to parties seeking consumers’ credit scores (see S. 1729), S3251 [5JN]

——— improve debt collection practices protections (see H.R. 5021), H8739 [8NO]

——— prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a consumer debt of which the statute of limitations has expired (see H.R. 5034), H8782 [12NO]

——— provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, create strong oversight mechanisms, and establish meaningful enforcement (see S. 2968), S6825 [3DE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 1086), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2182), H3217 [9AP]

Contracts: allow State and local governments to purchase from the Federal supply schedule (see H.R. 3187), H4388 [10JN]

——— require a score of worker-friendliness of each employer before entering into a Federal contract and establish a contracting preference for such score (see H.R. 5073), H8826 [13NO]

——— require prime contractors under Federal construction contracts to notify the Government of changes in certain subcontractors performing work under the contract (see H.R. 5247), H9169 [21NO]

Cooperative business model: commend model and businesses, employees, and practitioners who use it for their contributions to the economy and social impacts they make on their communities (see H. Res. 602), H8054 [26SE]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (see S. 1273), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2426), H3403 [1MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see S. 736), S1762 [11MR]

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate political contributions and expenditures (see H.J. Res. 48), H2047 [22FE]

——— disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (see H. Res. 646), H8297 [21OC]

——— prohibit disbursements for a political purpose unless the preferences of shareholders have been assessed about such disbursements (see H.R. 936), H1341 [31JA]

——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see S. 1889), S3651 [18JN] (see S. 1978), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 2513), H3447 [3MY]

——— require reporting of disbursements made by foreign nationals for purposes of disseminating political communications and inquire whether persons providing such disbursements are foreign nationals (see H.R. 2853), H4010 [20MY]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see S. 1630), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 4491), H7989 [25SE]

Corps of Engineers: recognize start of inland waterway system navigation season and call for investment in waterway infrastructure (see H. Res. 484), H5727 [11JY]

Correctional institutions: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available the same information as Federal facilities on facility operations and prisoners (see S. 2773), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 5087), H8877 [14NO]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 5141), H8958 [18NO]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses for claims rising under Federal or State statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a State constitution (see S. 635), S1594 [28FE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 610), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1423), H2311 [28FE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), consideration (see H. Res. 558), H7752 [17SE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in workplace sexual harassment or discrimination cases (see H.R. 1443), H2313 [28FE]

——— expand definition of ‘‘other institutions’’ for purposes of acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information (see H.R. 5358), H9347 [6DE]

——— increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions (see S. 471), S1325 [13FE]

——— modify prohibition on recognition by U.S. courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 756), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1683), H2679 [12MR]

——— prohibit use of trade secrets privileges to prevent defense access to evidence in criminal proceedings and establish Computational Forensic Algorithm Standards (see H.R. 4368), H7754 [17SE]

——— protect the ‘‘gig economy’’ and small businesses that operate in large part through contractor services from the threat of costly class action litigation (see H.R. 76), H203 [3JA]

——— protect U.S. businesses from foreign companies claiming diplomatic immunity in U.S. courts (see H.R. 702), H997 [22JA]

——— 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. 3737), H5774 [12JY]

CPSC: codify a fast-track recall program to remove potentially hazardous products from the marketplace as quickly and efficiently as possible (see H.R. 3169), H4387 [10JN]

——— ensure the Chief Information Office has a significant role in decisions relative to information technology (see S. 1858), S3476 [13JN]

——— prohibit manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation of any crib bumper (see S. 1816), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 3170), H4387 [10JN]

——— prohibit manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the U.S. of any inclined sleeper for infants (see S. 1767), S3284 [10JN] (see H.R. 3172), H4387 [10JN]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see S. 1828), S3475 [13JN] (see H.R. 4231), H7535 [6SE]

——— ensure that consumer credit reporting agencies are providing fair and accurate information reporting in consumer reports (see H.R. 5332), H9345 [6DE]

——— fix consumer report dispute process and ban misleading and unfair consumer reporting practices (see H.R. 3642), H5302 [9JY]

——— improve regulation of consumer reporting agencies and protect consumers (see H.R. 3821), H7149 [18JY]

——— 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. 656), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1509), H2366 [5MR]

——— prohibit distribution of checks or other negotiable instrument as part of a solicitation by a creditor for an extension of credit and limit liability of consumers in conjunction with such solicitations (see S. 3036), S7026 [12DE]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3862), H7157 [19JY]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit reports and information for most employment decisions (see H.R. 3614), H5269 [2JY]

——— require consumer reporting agencies to obtain a consumer’s authorization to release certain personal information and prevent unauthorized access to consumer reports and personal information (see S. 2685), S6092 [23OC]

——— require consumer reporting agencies to provide small business credit protections by informing them of data breaches and prohibiting charging for credit reports following such breaches (see S. 84), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 4480), H7901 [24SE]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see S. 2834), S6507 [12NO] (see H.R. 2305), H3263 [12AP]

Crime: establish criminal liability for executives of large corporations that negligently permit or fail to prevent certain violations of law by the corporation (see S. 1010), S2240 [3AP]

——— extend period of time that technology companies are required to preserve reports to CyberTipline relative to child sexual exploitation visual depictions (see S. 3007), S6949 [10DE] (see H.R. 5376), H10015 [10DE]

——— increase damages available for victims of trade theft, extend statute of limitations, and expand scope of economic espionage laws to encompass a broader range of offenses occurring outside of the U.S. (see S. 1865), S3476 [13JN]

——— prohibit companies that host videos from enabling child predators (see S. 1916), S4168 [20JN]

Cuba: allow financing by U.S. persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba (see S. 1447), S2815 [14MY]

——— modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 1898), H2883 [27MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 2630), S5895 [17OC] (see H.R. 1319), H2046 [22FE]

DEA: authorize debarment of certain controlled substances registrants (see H.R. 4806), H8455 [23OC]

——— clarify definition of ‘‘imminent danger to the public health or safety’’ to restore authority to suspend a pharmaceutical distributor’s license under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4563), H8080 [27SE]

——— clarify process for registrants to exercise due diligence upon discovering a suspicious order (see H.R. 3878), H7239 [23JY]

——— provide for modification, transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals (see H.R. 4812), H8455 [23OC]

——— provide information on best practices and strategies for responding in the event of a robbery of a pharmacy (see H.R. 4505), H8052 [26SE]

——— report certain information on distribution of opioids to assist in identifying suspicious orders and hold manufacturers and distributors accountable who fail to report and stop suspicious orders (see S. 3070), S7113 [17DE]

——— restore ability to target pharmaceutical companies distributing opioids in certain communities by implementing a probable cause standard for intervention and striking the corrective action plan option (see S. 424), S1133 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to support and encourage public-private partnerships in Appalachia that will improve regional infrastructure, encourage entrepreneurship, and create jobs (see H.R. 178), H207 [3JA]

——— clarify and expand food donation by increasing liability protections, creating new ways to donate, and eliminating food waste (see S. 3141), S7208 [19DE]

——— establish Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in rural areas to achieve their preferred future and maximize contributions to the U.S. (see S. 2704), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4874), H8538 [28OC]

——— improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (see S. 2385), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 5486), H12210 [18DE]

——— make Rural Utilities Service grants for collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small Internet providers (see S. 3094), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 4642), H8110 [11OC]

——— prohibit certain activities and require greater transparency in commodity check-off programs (see S. 935), S2087 [28MR]

——— prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation of producers in commodity check-off programs (see S. 934), S2087 [28MR]

——— require purchases of agricultural commodities under Food Purchase and Distribution Program be from domestically owned enterprises (see H.R. 2362), H3283 [25AP] (see H.R. 2712), H3788 [14MY]

Dept. of Commerce: assess and analyze effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy (see S. 1289), S2612 [2MY] (see H.R. 3676), H5583 [10JY]

——— conduct an assessment and analysis relative to the decline in the business formation rate in the U.S. (see S. 2535), S5663 [24SE] (see H.R. 4960), H8717 [31OC]

——— ensure ZTE Corp., compliance with all probationary conditions set forth in the settlement agreement entered into with Bureau of Industry and Security (see S. 335), S867 [5FE]

——— establish a Minority Business Development Administration and clarify relationship between such Administration and the SBA (see H.R. 1432), H2312 [28FE]

——— establish a permanent revenue-based disaster assistance program for commercial fishermen and farm-raised fish producers (see S. 2209), S5012 [23JY]

——— establish a task force in the International Trade Administration to identify countervailable subsidies and dumping (see S. 564), S1492 [26FE]

——— establish a voluntary program to identify and promote Internet-connected products that meet industry-leading cybersecurity and data security standards, guidelines, and procedures (see S. 2664), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 4792), H8387 [22OC]

——— establish a working group to recommend to Congress a definition of blockchain technology (see S. 553), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1361), H2232 [26FE]

——— establish clean technology consortia to enhance economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies (see S. 3135), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 5505), H12289 [19DE]

——— establish competitive grant program to support nationwide growth and success of business incubators (see H.R. 4931), H8678 [30OC]

——— establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (see S. 1046), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 1328), H2100 [25FE]

——— establish Rural Export Center (see S. 295), S800 [31JA] (see H.R. 5203), H9121 [20NO]

——— establish SelectUSA program to facilitate foreign direct investment in the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3288), H4695 [13JN]

——— establish Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative (see S. 2093), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 4410), H7834 [19SE]

——— limit authority to remove Huawei Technologies Co., from entity list maintained by Bureau of Industry and Security (see S. 2117), S4821 [15JY]

——— provide for certain actions by the International Trade Administration to increase exports by small- and medium-sized enterprises (see H.R. 5437), H10305 [16DE]

——— provide for interagency coordination on risk mitigation in communications equipment and services marketplace and its supply chain (see S. 1457), S2815 [14MY]

——— study and report on processes of international standards-setting relative to Internet-connected devices (see H.R. 3811), H5999 [17JY]

——— study and report on the state of the Internet-connected devices industry (see H.R. 2644), H3679 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on inclusion of Defending America’s 5G Future Act provisions (see S. Res. 331), S5706 [25SE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on paid family leave (see S. Res. 336), S5706 [25SE]

——— develop guidelines and resources on acquisition or licensing of intellectual property (see H.R. 3313), H4770 [18JN]

——— develop workforce development investment incentives and consider existence of qualified training programs of contractors as part of the past performance rating of such contractor (see S. 1493), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2756), H3841 [15MY]

——— establish a public-private exchange program for the acquisition workforce (see H.R. 2944), H4160 [23MY]

——— establish National Center for Military Painting and Applied Research (see H.R. 3181), H4388 [10JN]

——— improve innovation in defense procurement (see H.R. 3014), H4164 [23MY]

——— include in each national defense strategy steps to strengthen the U.S. industrial base and to assure an uninterrupted supply of medicines (see H.R. 4710), H8226 [17OC]

——— modify proof of concept commercialization program (see S. 2109), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 3177), H4388 [10JN]

——— promote ethics and prevent corruption in contracting and other activities by limiting influence of contractors and foreign entities and ensuring transparency (see S. 1503), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 4277), H7596 [10SE]

Dept. of Education: award career pathways innovation grants to local educational agencies and community colleges to encourage partnerships with businesses to help students explore a variety of career pathways (see S. 2670), S6091 [23OC] (see H.R. 4826), H8456 [23OC]

——— clarify Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct (see S. 2498), S5577 [18SE]

——— develop a manual of common procedures and policies for companies that service or collect student loans (see H.R. 3519), H5201 [26JN]

——— ensure States oversee closure preparedness among higher education institutions by providing refunds and maintaining student contact information, complaint system, and transcript access (see H.R. 5148), H8958 [18NO]

——— establish a Career Pathway Grant Program to support partnerships between community or technical colleges and workforce development partners (see S. 1117), S2386 [10AP]

——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 1197), H1582 [13FE]

——— improve accountability and protect students from bad actors in higher education, specifically in the for-profit college sector (see H.R. 3487), H5166 [25JN]

——— improve oversight and accountability of colleges and universities, particularly for-profit colleges, protect students and borrowers, and ensure integrity of postsecondary education programs (see S. 867), S1986 [26MR] (see H.R. 3512), H5200 [26JN]

——— make for-profit colleges ineligible for Federal student aid and protect integrity of nonprofit institutions of higher education (see S. 2640), S5896 [17OC] (see H.R. 4724), H8227 [17OC]

——— promote community college partnerships with local industries and allow students in short-term job training programs to receive Pell Grants (see H.R. 3892), H7240 [23JY]

——— require accreditors to respond to student complaints against institutions of higher education and review teach-out plans of institutions showing signs of potential closure (see H.R. 4615), H8095 [4OC]

——— restore Federal Pell Grant eligibility for periods during which students would have qualified for loan forgiveness due to school closure or institutional fraud or misconduct (see H.R. 4298), H7704 [12SE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (see S. 1775), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 3179), H4388 [10JN]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits as Federal sources (see S. 2857), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 3112), H4341 [5JN] (see H.R. 3369), H4917 [19JN]

——— strengthen investments in postsecondary career and technical education programs and build connections across the entire education and workforce development system (see H.R. 4371), H7772 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: develop a national smart manufacturing plan and provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs (see S. 715), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 1633), H2584 [7MR]

——— establish a carbon technologies program to advance research and promote coal-derived carbon products (see S. 3047), S7027 [12DE]

——— establish a council to conduct a survey and analysis of employment figures and demographics in U.S. energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors (see S. 2508), S5577 [18SE]

——— establish a prize competition for research, development, or commercialization of technology to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, including by direct capture (see H.R. 3282), H4695 [13JN]

——— establish a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors (see S. 2300), S5108 [25JY] (see H.R. 3978), H7463 [25JY] (see H.R. 4230), H7534 [6SE]

——— establish a program to prepare veterans for careers in the energy industry, including solar, wind, cybersecurity, and other low-carbon emissions or zero-emissions sectors (see S. 876), S1987 [26MR]

——— establish a small business voucher program to be used at national laboratories in any technology area (see S. 2009), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3574), H5257 [27JN]

——— establish Energy Technology Maturation Program to facilitate commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at departmental facilities with promising commercial potential (see S. 1286), S2612 [2MY] (see H.R. 2495), H3439 [2MY]

——— establish Federal Smart Building Program (see S. 2335), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 2044), H3066 [3AP]

——— establish Office of Technology Transitions (see S. 2688), S6092 [23OC]

——— establish pilot competitive grant program for development of a skilled energy workforce (see H.R. 398), H358 [9JA]

——— establish program for research, development, and demonstration of commercially viable technologies for capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power (see S. 1685), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 3828), H7149 [18JY]

——— establish Thorium Storage, Energy, and Industrial Products Corp. (see S. 2093), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 4410), H7834 [19SE]

——— establish 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board (see S. 2334), S5195 [30JY]

——— improve education and training of underrepresented groups for employment in energy-related industries (see H.R. 4061), H7466 [25JY]

——— prioritize education and training for energy-related jobs to increase skilled workers for such jobs (see S. 2393), S5248 [31JY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 2137), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3586), H5258 [27JN] (see H.R. 3962), H7462 [25JY]

——— provide for consideration of energy storage systems by electric utilities as part of a supply side resource process (see H.R. 1744), H2717 [13MR]

——— provide for study and evaluation of net metering, which allows consumers and businesses who generate their own electricity to be compensated for energy they provide to the electric grid (see S. 346), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1009), H1390 [6FE]

——— reauthorize Office of Minority Economic Impact to improve education and training of underrepresented groups for employment in energy-related industries (see H.R. 1315), H2046 [22FE]

——— report to Congress on applications for authorizations to engage or participate in development or production of special nuclear material outside the U.S. (see S. 1127), S2386 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS: allow expedited approval of generic prescription drugs and temporary importation of prescription drugs during noncompetitive drug markets and drug shortages (see S. 844), S1899 [14MR]

——— approve cheaper generic versions of certain drugs if pharmaceutical manufacturers refuse to lower drug prices down to the median price at which the drugs are available in other countries (see S. 102), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 465), H462 [10JA]

——— develop a list of public health crises and require manufacturers of products contributing to such crises to develop, maintain, and update a plan to mitigate effects of such products on public health (see H.R. 2095), H3099 [4AP]

——— educate health care professionals and the public on biosimilar biological products (see S. 1681), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 4400), H7834 [19SE]

——— ensure medications are affordable through increasing transparency, allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices and importation of certain drugs, spurring innovation, and protecting competition (see S. 1801), S3363 [12JN]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 525), H518 [11JA]

——— establish an annual reference price for insulin products for purposes of Federal health programs (see S. 2817), S6475 [7NO] (see H.R. 5364), H9386 [9DE]

——— establish an Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs (see H.R. 4652), H8111 [11OC]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize certain companies, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 758), H10015 [10DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (see H.R. 3), H7834 [19SE]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program (see H.R. 2789), H3923 [16MY]

——— establish reference prices for prescription drugs and require drug companies to offer drugs at such prices as condition of participation in Federal health programs (see S. 1987), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3523), H5201 [26JN]

——— establish State insulin assistance programs, hold manufacturers accountable for excessive insulin price increases, and promote market competition to drive down prices (see S. 2004), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 4010), H7464 [25JY]

——— impose a fee on opioid manufacturers to fund an increase in drug addiction treatment capacity (see S. 1662), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3105), H4341 [5JN]

——— incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition and extend funding for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers and other public health programs (see H.R. 2700), H3788 [14MY]

——— limit orphan drug exclusion under the discount drug program requiring drug manufacturers to provide drugs to eligible health care organizations at reduced prices (see H.R. 4538), H8054 [26SE]

——— mitigate drug shortages by prioritizing review of new drug applications, inspections, and reasons for shortages and assess national security threats associated with drug and ingredient shortages (see S. 2723), S6242 [29OC]

——— negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under Medicare part D and mandate production of generic versions of drugs if pharmaceutical companies fail to negotiate in good faith (see S. 377), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1046), H1458 [7FE]

——— prevent entities that collect consumer health information from transferring or selling such information collected on personal health trackers (see S. 2885), S6625 [18NO]

——— prohibit from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered from pharmaceutical companies or drug distributors with respect to opioid litigation as an overpayment (see H.R. 5242), H9168 [21NO]

——— prohibit health insurance providers from imposing cost-sharing requirements or treatment limitations for diagnostic examinations for breast cancer that are less favorable than those for screening examinations (see H.R. 2428), H3403 [1MY]

——— prohibit price gouging in the sale of drugs by requiring pharmaceutical companies to provide justification for price increases and penalize such companies if increases are deemed unreasonable (see S. 637), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 4158), H7488 [2AU]

——— require drug manufacturers to include printed inserts containing drug information when they ship their products to pharmacies (see H.R. 5198), H9120 [20NO]

——— require drug manufacturers to publicly justify unnecessary price increases (see S. 474), S1326 [13FE]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (see S. 1391), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2069), H3068 [3AP] (see H.R. 2296), H3263 [12AP]

——— require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers (see H.R. 2064), H3067 [3AP]

——— require manufacturers to justify drug price spikes and high launch prices and report on drug, device, biological, and medical supply product samples provided to health care providers (see H.R. 2113), H3127 [8AP]

——— require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements (see H.R. 4640), H8110 [11OC]

——— require pharmacies and insurance companies to improve transparency of prescription drug costs and prohibit drug manufacturers from charging U.S. consumers more for drugs than certain foreign customers (see S. 977), S2118 [1AP]

——— require preference for applicants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program who have certain kinds of business and community partners (see H.R. 3345), H4917 [19JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize imported merchandise that infringes a design patent (see S. 2987), S6888 [5DE]

——— design and administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program and assess social media companies’ efficacy in addressing such content (see H.R. 5209), H9167 [21NO]

——— disapprove rule modernizing EB–5 program and amending immigrant investor classification and associated regional center regulations (see S.J. Res. 55), S5663 [24SE]

——— ensure Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency can notify private and public sector entities put at risk by cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical U.S. networks and systems (see S. 3045), S7027 [12DE]

——— establish a program to share information on supply chain security risks with trusted providers and suppliers of advanced communications equipment or services (see H.R. 4461), H7901 [24SE]

——— establish a State-sponsored nonimmigrant guest worker visa pilot program (see H.R. 5174), H9056 [19NO]

——— establish Chief Information Security Officer Advisory Committee within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see H.R. 1975), H2916 [28MR]

——— facilitate lawful international trade by increasing daily commercial hours of operation at designated ports of entry along the southern border (see S. 414), S1133 [7FE]

——— implement certain requirements for information relative to supply chain risk (see H.R. 3320), H4770 [18JN]

——— protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (see S. 2929), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5225), H9168 [21NO]

——— provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities (see S. 1065), S2294 [8AP] (see H.R. 2130), H3128 [8AP]

——— provide temporary resident status and employment authorization for certain non-seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2801), H3923 [16MY]

——— reauthorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program (see H.R. 3719), H5726 [11JY]

——— reform the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program (see S. 2778), S6391 [5NO]

——— require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to remove personally identifiable information from vessel manifests (see S. 1302), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2521), H3447 [3MY]

——— require use of American made iron and steel products in southern border wall construction (see H.R. 1543), H2367 [5MR]

Dept. of HUD: ensure sale or lease of public housing assets financially benefits the public housing project residents and the public housing agency that owns the housing project (see H.R. 5455), H10609 [17DE]

Dept. of Justice: convene an interagency working group to study enforcement of Communications Act provisions relative to restrictions on use of automated telephone equipment (see H.R. 721), H1170 [23JA]

——— make procurement quotas for opioid analgesics publicly available to disclose applications requesting active ingredients and amount of opioids alloted to be produced by manufacturers (see S. 1366), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2582), H3500 [8MY]

——— restrict authority to enter into contracts for Federal correctional facilities and community confinement facilities (see H.R. 4970), H8718 [31OC]

Dept. of Labor: address needs of workers in industries likely to be impacted by rapidly evolving technologies (see S. 2659), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 4788), H8387 [22OC]

——— assist entities using special subminimum wage certificates to transform business and program models, support transition to competitive integrated employment for the disabled, and phase out use of such certificates (see S. 260), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 873), H1333 [30JA]

——— assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work (see H.R. 2627), H3678 [9MY]

——— award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 1517), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2831), H3962 [17MY]

——— clarify definition of employee relative to direct sellers under Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3522), H5201 [26JN]

——— ensure employees on leave under Family and Medical Leave Act maintain health coverage during an employer lockout (see S. 1549), S2962 [20MY]

——— ensure labor organization transparency and accountability (see H.R. 1129), H1492 [8FE]

——— enter into contracts with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector (see S. 777), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 1733), H2716 [13MR]

——— establish Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative (see S. 1666), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3007), H4164 [23MY]

——— establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers (see S. 1920), S4168 [20JN]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1390 [6FE]

——— harmonize definitions of employee with common law under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2973), S6858 [4DE] (see H.R. 4069), H7467 [25JY]

——— increase minimum salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay and provide for periodic updates of such threshold (see S. 1786), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 3197), H4431 [11JN]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see S. 851), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1309), H2042 [19FE]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), consideration (see H. Res. 713), H9056 [19NO]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 1792), S3362 [12JN] (see H.R. 3219), H4626 [12JN]

——— modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation agencies by allowing them to engage in competitive contracting with the private sector (see H.R. 2363), H3283 [25AP]

——— prevent employers from using non-compete agreements in employment contracts for certain non-exempt employees (see S. 124), S220 [15JA]

——— prevent wage theft and assist in recovery of stolen wages, administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, require timely provision of pay stubs and paychecks, and strengthen retaliation protections (see S. 2101), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 3712), H5726 [11JY]

——— prohibit certain practices by employers relative to restrictions on discussion of employees’ and prospective employees’ salary and benefit history (see H.R. 1864), H2795 [25MR]

——— prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances relative to Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3515), H5200 [26JN]

——— promote effective registered apprenticeships for skills, credentials, academic credit, and employment (see H.R. 4965), H8718 [31OC]

——— promote registered apprenticeships, including those within in-demand industry sectors, through support of workforce intermediaries (see S. 951), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1995), H2923 [29MR]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (see S. 431), S1165 [11FE] (see H.R. 989), H1389 [6FE]

——— provide fair and advanced notice before business closures and mass layoffs (see S. 2938), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5205), H9121 [20NO]

——— provide training services linked to employment demand through Upskill Accounts, increase transparency in workforce development system, and align community employment training with labor needs (see S. 1911), S3844 [19JN]

——— recognize employers with a commitment to helping employees balance workplace responsibilities and family obligations (see S. 1402), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 3838), H7150 [18JY]

——— remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (see H.R. 2058), H3067 [3AP]

——— remove travel agencies from the partial list of establishments having no retail concept for purposes of exemptions from Federal overtime rules (see H.R. 2506), H3440 [2MY]

——— report on future growth of artificial intelligence and its impact on the workforce (see H.R. 827), H1242 [28JA]

——— report on trends and shortages in clean energy technology industry and provide grants to establish and enhance training programs for occupations where shortages are identified (see H.R. 4148), H7488 [2AU]

——— strengthen child labor laws by revising age requirements for agricultural employment, prohibiting the handling of pesticides by children, and increasing penalties for violations (see H.R. 3394), H5006 [20JN]

——— support development of pre-apprenticeship programs in building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low-income and rural areas (see H.R. 399), H358 [9JA]

——— take initiatives to measure impact of automation on the workforce in order to inform workforce development strategies (see S. 1738), S3251 [5JN]

Dept. of State: allow direct loans to countries for procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services (see H.R. 2444), H3403 [1MY]

——— assess and mitigate threats posed by Russian-Venezuelan cooperation and security risks posed by foreign acquisition of CITGO Petroleum Corp., assets in the U.S. (see H.R. 1102), H1461 [7FE] (see H.R. 1477), H2314 [28FE]

——— authorize rewards for information on individuals or entities engaged in activities that violate U.S. or U.N. sanctions under Rewards for Justice Program (see H.R. 4802), H8455 [23OC]

——— enhance U.S. representation and leadership at international standards-setting bodies setting standards for 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure (see H.R. 3763), H5825 [15JY]

——— pursue public-private partnerships, innovative financing mechanisms, research partnerships, and coordination with international and multilateral organizations to address childhood cancer globally (see H.R. 5338), H9346 [6DE]

Dept. of the Interior: ban venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations (see S. 2818), S6475 [7NO]

——— establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public land on the Central Coast of California (see H.R. 5303), H9255 [4DE]

——— establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by BLM (see S. 3060), S7048 [16DE] (see H.R. 4028), H7465 [25JY]

——— establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3596), H5265 [28JN]

——— establish business incubators program to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities (see S. 294), S799 [31JA] (see H.R. 1900), H2884 [27MR]

——— extend period during which certain reclamation fees are required to be paid (see S. 1193), S2434 [11AP]

——— modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see S. 1386), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2579), H3500 [8MY]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 205), H208 [3JA]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (see H. Res. 548), H7558 [9SE]

——— permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida (see S. 1304), S2613 [2MY]

——— permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 341), H284 [8JA]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean (see S. 1318), S2614 [2MY] (see H.R. 310), H282 [8JA]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 279), H281 [8JA]

——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing-related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 291), H281 [8JA]

——— prohibit issuance of certain geological and geophysical exploration permits in the Atlantic Ocean (see H.R. 1149), H1517 [11FE]

——— prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico to any company that holds any royalty-free leases unless the company renegotiates them to include a price threshold (see S. 2906), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 5186), H9120 [20NO]

——— prohibit oil-, gas- and methane hydrate-related seismic activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and Straits of Florida (see S. 828), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1606), H2582 [7MR]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing and related activities off the coast of Mid-Atlantic States (see H.R. 337), H284 [8JA]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (see H.R. 1941), H2914 [28MR]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (see H. Res. 548), H7558 [9SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 286), H281 [8JA]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England (see S. 1296), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 287), H281 [8JA]

——— promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining (see S. 1232), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2156), H3216 [9AP]

——— protect taxpayers from liability associated with reclamation of surface coal mining operations (see H.R. 4435), H7865 [20SE]

——— provide economic stabilization resources to distressed rural communities directly impacted by the closure of an electric generating station (see H.R. 4318), H7705 [12SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on oil and gas leasing and exploration off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 3585), H5258 [27JN]

——— provide that an order imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted (see H.R. 2910), H4118 [22MY]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 1335), H2100 [25FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: abolish Federal Insurance Office (see S. 1586), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 1862), H2795 [25MR]

——— collect data and issue report on opportunity zone tax incentives created by Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see S. 1344), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2593), H3500 [8MY]

——— conduct study to identify disparities between communities in auto insurance costs and payout amounts based on predominant racial makeup of such communities (see H.R. 2684), H3727 [10MY]

——— define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold (see H.R. 2558), H3474 [7MY]

——— direct Community Development Financial Institution Fund to perform outreach program for new markets tax credit to underserved communities (see H.R. 3664), H5583 [10JY]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (see S.J. Res. 2), S27 [4JA] (see H.J. Res. 30), H602 [15JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (see S. 2254), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 397), H358 [9JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), consideration (see H. Res. 509), H7239 [23JY]

——— establish Tariff Rebate Program to disburse revenues from tariffs back to the American people (see S. 2551), S5747 [26SE]

——— establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 1661), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 2983), H4162 [23MY]

——— issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds to increase investment in domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see S. 2261), S5106 [25JY] (see H.R. 4041), H7465 [25JY]

——— prohibit discrimination in life insurance policies based on possession of naloxone by first responsers or medical professionals (see H.R. 1832), H2755 [18MR]

——— provide for a true audit of gold owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 2559), H3474 [7MY]

——— reform anti-money laundering laws (see H.R. 2514), H3447 [3MY]

——— require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories (see H.R. 5132), H8909 [15NO]

——— streamline requirements for currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 1039), H1458 [7FE]

——— take more prominent role in coordinating U.S. anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing policy and examinations (see H.R. 1038), H1458 [7FE]

——— update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 388), H357 [9JA]

Dept. of Transportation: allow States to include information on small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in reporting under the disadvantaged business enterprise program (see S. 2031), S4628 [27JN]

——— carry out a program to provide secured loans to private entities to carry out projects for transportation of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4905), H8594 [29OC]

——— carry out public service campaigns which promote transportation career opportunities and improve diversity in the workforce (see H.R. 5118), H8908 [15NO]

——— compel States and ride-hailing companies to require illuminated signs and other safety measures on ride-hailing vehicles and prohibit the sale of such signs (see S. 1871), S3477 [13JN] (see H.R. 3262), H4694 [13JN] (see H.R. 4686), H8143 [15OC]

——— ensure authorizations to foreign air carriers to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 3632), H5302 [9JY]

——— establish a revenue metric for port network components for inclusion in National Multimodal Freight Network (see H.R. 839), H1282 [29JA]

——— establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 600), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 2460), H3404 [1MY]

——— establish policy relative to family seating on air transportation (see H.R. 5292), H9221 [3DE]

——— improve contracting opportunities for service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concerns on transportation projects (see S. 492), S1382 [14FE]

——— improve cruise passenger security and safety (see S. 3124), S7207 [19DE]

——— improve pipeline safety by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards (see S. 1097), S2329 [9AP] (see H.R. 2139), H3128 [8AP]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 1255), S2516 [30AP]

——— prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to costs incurred by air carriers for services provided (see S. 2908), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 5195), H9120 [20NO]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase passenger rail cars or buses from China and require rail transit operators to develop and execute a plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks (see S. 846), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 2739), H3840 [15MY]

——— raise public awareness of Move Over laws requiring motorists to change lanes or slow down when approaching an emergency vehicle and mandate crash avoidance technology on all new motor vehicles (see S. 2700), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4871), H8538 [28OC]

——— repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 3904), H7240 [23JY]

——— require air carriers to disclose to consumers actual departure and arrival times for certain domestic flight segments (see H.R. 3481), H5166 [25JN]

——— require auto dealers to fix outstanding safety recalls before selling or leasing used passenger motor vehicles (see S. 1971), S4505 [25JN]

——— require Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration establishment of Women of Trucking Advisory Board to create opportunities for women in the trucking industry (see S. 2858), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 5145), H8958 [18NO]

——— require Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement national employer notification service (see S. 1787), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 2793), H3923 [16MY]

——— require new and existing commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system (see H.R. 3773), H5910 [16JY]

——— take actions to address issues affected by motorcoach and school bus operators (see H.R. 5462), H10609 [17DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into partnerships with public and private entities to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see H.R. 716), H1170 [23JA]

——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (see S. 1621), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2109), H3100 [4AP]

——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 561), H600 [15JA]

——— improve procurement practices (see S. 341), S867 [5FE] (see H.R. 1577), H2504 [6MR]

——— make grants to entities that provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see H.R. 3749), H5774 [12JY]

——— require educational institutions to abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of participating in departmental educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4625), H8101 [8OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: develop domestic sources of minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 2531), H3473 [7MY]

——— require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2106), H3100 [4AP]

Disabled: protect rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation (see S. 669), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1549), H2502 [6MR]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 855), H1283 [29JA]

Discrimination: prohibit in public accommodations on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 2687), H3727 [10MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see S. 788), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 5), H2714 [13MR]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion (see H.R. 5331), H9345 [6DE]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 377), H3787 [14MY]

Drugs: allow State-based, market-oriented, prescription drug negotiations to lower drug prices, encourage competition, and increase consumer choice and access (see H.R. 2038), H2986 [2AP]

——— create a mechanism whereby insulin manufacturers may sell directly to consumers at current net prices (see H.R. 5382), H10015 [10DE]

——— create a safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related business (see S. 2201), S4966 [22JY]

——— encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see S. 1712), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 4100), H7479 [30JY]

——— increase number of cannabis manufacturers registered under Controlled Substances Act for legitimate research purposes and allow VA health care providers to recommend federally-approved cannabis clinical trials (see H.R. 601), H674 [16JA]

——— lower cost of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3947), H7377 [24JY]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see S. 3129), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]

——— prohibit Federal interference with State marijuana policies (see S. 2030), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3546), H5256 [27JN]

——— prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from receiving rebates for insulin products for which the manufacturer has complied with list price reduction requirements and require certain deductible waivers (see S. 2199), S4966 [22JY] (see H.R. 4906), H8594 [29OC]

——— protect States and individuals in States that have laws which permit the use of marijuana (see H.R. 1455), H2313 [28FE]

——— reduce gap between Federal and State marijuana policy (see S. 421), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1119), H1491 [8FE]

——— reform prescription drug pricing and reduce out-of-pocket costs by ensuring consumers benefit from negotiated rebates by requiring coinsurance obligations be set as a percentage of a drug’s net price not list price (see S. 1384), S2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 3805), H5998 [17JY]

——— require National Academy of Medicine study on determining reasonable drug prices and establish Drug Affordability and Access Committee to issue reasonable pricing determination for each drug (see S. 2387), S5248 [31JY]

——— require reporting on prescription drug expenditures under group health plans and on prescription drug price changes (see S. 1664), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 5239), H9168 [21NO]

——— urge action to increase equity within the legal cannabis marketplace (see H. Res. 163), H2315 [28FE]

Economic Development Administration: designate and support manufacturing communities (see H.R. 2631), H3678 [9MY]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 328), S832 [4FE]

Education: provide entrepreneurship as a well-rounded educational opportunity (see H.R. 5253), H9174 [22NO]

——— provide loan forgiveness to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers and tax credits for STEM school supplies, and incentivize STEM hiring practices (see H.R. 3099), H4312 [4JN]

EEOC: require employers to report number of settlements for employees with claims of discrimination on the basis of sex, including verbal and physical sexual harassment (see H.R. 1828), H2754 [18MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 39), H1336 [30JA]

——— expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (see S. 1060), S2294 [8AP]

——— require information sharing relative to ownership of election service providers (see S. 823), S1898 [14MR]

——— require States to take steps to ensure domestic ownership and control of election service providers (see S. 825), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 4777), H8298 [21OC]

Employment: advance science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1168), H1580 [13FE]

——— allow employees to earn paid sick time to address their health needs, the health needs of their families, or to seek assistance relative to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (see S. 840), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1784), H2744 [14MR]

——— allow employers to offer short-term savings accounts with automatic contribution arrangements for financial emergencies (see S. 1019), S2240 [3AP]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1043), S2270 [4AP]

——— 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. 5004), H8738 [8NO]

——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2287), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4015), H7464 [25JY]

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 485), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1230), H2029 [14FE]

——— establish incentivized tax breaks for employers offering cybersecurity training, increase cybersecurity scholarship program funding, and provide student loan repayment for certain cybersecurity employees (see H.R. 334), H283 [8JA]

——— expand access to apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships among inmates, the formerly incarcerated, high school students, those not in educational institutions, Armed Forces members, and veterans (see H.R. 4369), H7754 [17SE]

——— expand use of E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 556), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1399), H2270 [27FE]

——— extend age discrimination protections to additional employees (see H.R. 3130), H4342 [5JN]

——— extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (see H.R. 4235), H7535 [6SE]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation mandatory and improve validation of employee identity and work authorization status (see S. 301), S800 [31JA]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent (see S. 1806), S3363 [12JN]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 250), H228 [4JA]

——— prevent workplace harassment, end mandatory arbitration and pre-employment non-disclosure agreements, expand civil rights protections, empower workers who report harassment, and eliminate tipped minimum wage (see S. 1082), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2148), H3215 [9AP]

——— prohibit agreements between employers that directly restrict current or future employment of any employee (see S. 2215), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3920), H7241 [23JY]

——— prohibit certain noncompete agreements (see S. 2614), S5841 [16OC]

——— prohibit forced arbitration in employment disputes (see S. 1491), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2749), H3840 [15MY]

——— protect freedom to join a union by bolstering remedies and punishing violations of workers’ rights, strengthening workers’ freedom to negotiate for better working conditions, and restoring fairness to the economy (see S. 1306), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2474), H3438 [2MY]

——— provide that an employee’s regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating overtime will not be affected by additional payments or bonuses (see H.R. 488), H517 [11JA]

——— require companies to provide notice to employees whose jobs will change due to technology, provide training to such employees, and provide severance to any employee who loses their job due to technology (see S. 2468), S5448 [11SE]

——— strengthen protections for employees experiencing harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment and assault and harassment based on protected categories (see S. 575), S1539 [27FE] (see H.R. 1521), H2366 [5MR]

EPA: adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by small refineries that are allowed certain exemptions (see H.R. 4385), H7773 [18SE]

——— ensure polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see H.R. 2570), H3499 [8MY]

——— establish a voluntary program to reduce emissions from wood heaters (see S. 2274), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 5391), H10123 [11DE]

——— grant authority to regulate a transition to refrigerants, solvents, fire suppressants, foam blowing agents, aerosols, and propellants that do not use hydrofluorocarbons (see S. 2754), S6300 [30OC]

——— prohibit manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing mixtures and articles (see S. 717), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 1603), H2582 [7MR]

——— provide regulatory relief to alternative fuel producers, automobile manufacturers, and consumers to allow for fuel choice options (see S. 581), S1540 [27FE]

——— regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 2600), H3501 [8MY]

——— repeal emission standards for new residential wood and pellet stoves, hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces (see H.R. 1281), H2032 [14FE]

——— require testing of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 2608), H3678 [9MY]

——— set health-protective numerical emission limitation for hydrogen cyanide from petroleum refineries (see H.R. 2092), H3099 [4AP]

——— strengthen manufacturing and processing notices for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see H.R. 2596), H3500 [8MY]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see S. 383), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1166), H1580 [13FE]

Europe: commend European Parliament resolution calling for cancellation of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe and supporting energy security (see S. Res. 27), S587 [24JA] (see H. Res. 116), H1492 [8FE]

——— reduce reliance on Russian energy resources through energy security cooperation and expediting U.S. natural gas exports and impose sanctions on development of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (see S. 1830), S3475 [13JN]

Executive Office of the President: establish Office of Critical Technologies and Security (see S. 29), S27 [4JA] (see H.R. 618), H675 [16JA]

——— establish the U.S. Chief Manufacturing Officer (see H.R. 2900), H4117 [22MY]

——— prohibit funding for heads of state meetings and multilateral summits at any Trump Organization-owned property (see S. 2653), S5922 [21OC]

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain agreements relative to hosting the G7 Summit at Trump National Doral Miami (see S. 2654), S5922 [21OC] (see H.R. 4744), H8258 [18OC]

Eximbank: abolish (see H.R. 1910), H2884 [27MR]

——— amend charter to create the Office of Territorial Exporting (see H.R. 3242), H4627 [12JN]

——— extend authority and modify quorum requirement (see S. 2293), S5107 [25JY]

——— prohibit provision of financing to persons with seriously delinquent tax debt (see S. 2222), S5012 [23JY]

FAA: condition Airport Improvement Program grants on certain assurances from airport owners and operators relative to television equipment in airport terminals (see H.R. 3426), H5037 [21JN]

——— establish protections for air transportation passengers relative to boarding, seating, fees, delays and cancellations, claims against airlines, and penalty enforcement (see S. 2341), S5196 [30JY]

——— impose safety requirements on commercial air tour flights and prohibit tour flights over certain Federal property (see H.R. 4547), H8079 [27SE]

——— modernize training programs at aviation maintenance technician schools (see S. 3043), S7026 [12DE] (see H.R. 5427), H10258 [12DE]

——— prohibit Airport Improvement Program funds from being provided to entities that have violated U.S. intellectual property rights, and therefore pose a threat to national security (see S. 1710), S3215 [4JN]

——— require aircraft manufacturers to offer or provide non-required safety enhancing equipment without additional charge to air carriers (see S. 1178), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 5401), H10123 [11DE]

——— require airlines to disclose information on cyberattacks on aircraft and support systems and identify and address cybersecurity threats to the U.S. commercial aviation system (see S. 2181), S4948 [18JY]

——— require disclosure of beneficial ownership by a foreign person of aircraft registration (see H.R. 393), H358 [9JA]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see S. 2195), S4966 [22JY] (see H.R. 3837), H7150 [18JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see S. 559), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 983), H1362 [5FE]

——— allow leave to care for an adult child, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 4452), H7865 [20SE]

——— repeal certain limits on leave for married individuals employed by the same employer (see S. 2845), S6566 [13NO] (see H.R. 5075), H8826 [13NO]

FBI: ensure criminal background checks prepared for employment-related purposes are complete and accurate (see H.R. 2851), H4010 [20MY]

——— require National Instant Criminal Background Check System notification of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the U.S. (see H.R. 1397), H2270 [27FE]

FCC: carry out a pilot program under which voice service providers could block certain automated calls (see S. 2204), S5011 [23JY]

——— clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 946), H1348 [4FE] (see H.R. 3375), H5005 [20JN]

——— conduct an annual inquiry on availability of advanced telecommunications capability in broadband deserts (see H.R. 55), H203 [3JA]

——— eliminate discount for UHF television stations relative to national broadcast television ownership cap (see H.R. 1789), H2744 [14MR]

——— enhance ability of direct broadcast satellite providers to offer additional local broadcast services to consumers under limited circumstances (see S. 2829), S6475 [7NO] (see H.R. 5025), H8739 [8NO]

——— establish program to promote availability and sustainability of robust rural broadband networks in high cost rural areas (see H.R. 2929), H4118 [22MY]

——— establish Telecommunications Workforce Development Advisory Council (see S. 2363), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 3255), H4693 [13JN]

——— establish within Enforcement Bureau a division that specifically addresses the issue of robocalls (see S. 1239), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2355), H3283 [25AP]

——— expand and clarify prohibition on inaccurate caller identification information and require telephone service providers to offer technology to subscribers to reduce unwanted telephone calls and text messages (see S. 1212), S2435 [11AP] (see H.R. 2298), H3263 [12AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (see S. 2789), S6447 [6NO] (see H.R. 5035), H8782 [12NO]

——— facilitate a spectrum pipeline for commercial use and require a portion of proceeds from spectrum auctions to go to wireless broadband infrastructure buildout in unserved and underserved rural areas (see S. 2223), S5012 [23JY]

——— improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (see S. 1522), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3162), H4349 [6JN]

——— improve collection and distribution of broadband availability data (see S. 2275), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4024), H7465 [25JY]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see S. 151), S273 [16JA] (see S. 1826), S3475 [13JN] (see H.R. 1602), H2582 [7MR] (see H.R. 2015), H2938 [1AP] (see H.R. 3810), H5999 [17JY]

——— include public safety requirements in terms and conditions States may require of mobile services (see H.R. 3836), H7150 [18JY]

——— increase existing penalties for provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and extend statute of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such violations (see S. 2147), S4907 [17JY]

——— increase penalties for violations involving robocalls, spoofing, and telemarketing (see H.R. 3707), H5726 [11JY]

——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (see S. 1822), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 4229), H7534 [6SE]

——— lengthen statute of limitations for enforcing robocall violations (see H.R. 1575), H2504 [6MR]

——— preserve and protect ability of State and local governments and public-private partnerships to provide broadband capability and services (see H.R. 2785), H3923 [16MY]

——— prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones (see S. 626), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 1421), H2311 [28FE]

——— prohibit Internet service providers from knowingly submitting inaccurate Internet access service coverage information or data in order to compile an inaccurate broadband coverage map (see H.R. 4227), H7534 [6SE]

——— prohibit regulation of broadband Internet access service rates (see H.R. 1860), H2795 [25MR]

——— promulgate regulations requiring voice service providers to provide consumers opt-out call-blocking programs by default and free of charge (see S. 2431), S5311 [1AU]

——— provide evidence of certain robocall violations to Dept. of Justice (see H.R. 3325), H4770 [18JN]

——— provide for a moratorium on telephone number reassignment after a disaster declaration (see H.R. 1289), H2032 [14FE]

——— provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum (see S. 2921), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 4855), H8462 [24OC]

——— provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum and deposit proceeds in a Digital Divide Trust Fund to be used for rural broadband, public safety, education, and health care (see S. 2956), S6756 [21NO]

——— provide for carriage of certain television broadcast stations by the cable company in the Albany, NY, designated market area to subscribers in Berkshire County, MA (see S. 1655), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3002), H4163 [23MY]

——— provide for information sharing on robocall and spoofing violations, authorize provision of a robocall blocking service, and study information requirements for certain VoIP service providers (see H.R. 2386), H3303 [29AP]

——— publish an annual report on suspected unlawful robocalls (see H.R. 3434), H5075 [24JN]

——— require approval or denial of a license transfer application within a certain number of days of submission (see H.R. 5365), H9386 [9DE]

——— require broadband Internet service providers to clearly notify users of privacy policies and give users approval rights relative to disclosure and use of collected user information (see S. 1116), S2386 [10AP]

——— require continued application of certain local broadcasting requirements to licensees even if such licensees change from a very high frequency station to an ultra high frequency station (see S. 941), S2087 [28MR]

——— require Internet service providers to report actual broadband speed data and ensure funding awards are distributed to entities providing higher broadband speeds (see S. 3093), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 4641), H8110 [11OC]

——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see S. 273), S769 [30JA] (see H.R. 1818), H2754 [18MR]

——— restore local authority to regulate fifth generation (5G) telecommunications equipment deployment and determine how much wireless carriers would pay to use public phone and utility poles (see S. 2012), S4628 [27JN]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (see S. 682), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1644), H2613 [8MR]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), consideration (see H. Res. 294), H3127 [8AP]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 5015), H8738 [8NO]

——— streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (see S. 1699), S3164 [3JN]

——— take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry (see S. 2433), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 3957), H7462 [25JY]

——— update television broadcasting regulations relative to cable operator negotiations, blackouts, retransmission, copyright licenses, binding arbitration, and local programming access (see H.R. 3994), H7463 [25JY]

FCC/FTC: establish a joint robocaller bounty pilot program (see H.R. 1304), H2038 [15FE]

FDA: address abuse of citizen petition process by brand drug manufacturers (see S. 660), S1659 [5MR]

——— allow for importation of affordable and safe insulin by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals (see H.R. 1478), H2314 [28FE]

——— allow rejection of a citizen petition if it is believed the primary purpose of the petition is to delay approval of a pending drug application and refer such petitioners to the FTC (see S. 1169), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2455), H3404 [1MY]

——— amend exclusivity period granted to a first generic drug application (see S. 3092), S7156 [18DE]

——— amend liability under State and local requirements relative to certain medical devices by allowing legal recourse by victims of unsafe devices (see H.R. 2669), H3726 [10MY]

——— amend mission statement to require the agency to address the nation’s prescription opioid addiction epidemic (see S. 417), S1133 [7FE]

——— clarify process for denying certain petitions whose primary purpose is to delay approval of an application submitted relative to certain drugs (see H.R. 2387), H3303 [29AP]

——— clarify types of patents on safe and effective drug list, require list of applicable exclusivities for listed drugs, update patent sponsor requirements, and reform patent list guidelines (see S. 1617), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 1503), H2366 [5MR]

——— codify definition of beef for labeling purposes, reinforce existing misbranding provisions to eliminate consumer confusion, and enhance Dept. of Agriculture labeling enforcement measures (see S. 3016), S6992 [11DE] (see H.R. 4881), H8538 [28OC]

——— ensure eligible product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and licensed biological products to enable development and testing of new products (see H.R. 985), H1362 [5FE]

——— ensure valid generic drugs may enter the market by removing generic drug exclusivity period from any generic company that enters into pay-for-delay settlements with brand-name drug manufacturers (see H.R. 1506), H2366 [5MR]

——— establish a time-limited conditional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs (see S. 3133), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 5497), H12289 [19DE]

——— establish procedures relative to approval of opioid drugs (see S. 418), S1133 [7FE]

——— establish standards for the design of electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 2536), S5663 [24SE]

——— hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for dubious marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic (see S. 1584), S3005 [21MY] (see H.R. 2917), H4118 [22MY]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a generic drug to come to market by curbing patent manipulation by brand name drug manufacturers (see S. 1209), S2435 [11AP] (see H.R. 3812), H5999 [17JY]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a second generic drug to come to market created by exclusivity period granted to a first generic drug application (see H.R. 938), H1341 [31JA]

——— make permanent the policy to speed up time for biosimilar products to get approved and made available to consumers (see S. 1140), S2432 [11AP] (see H.R. 2011), H2938 [1AP]

——— prevent inter partes review process for challenging patents from diminishing competition in the pharmaceutical industry and provide incentives for drug innovation (see S. 344), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 990), H1389 [6FE]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see S. 340), S867 [5FE] (see H.R. 965), H1361 [5FE]

——— prohibit cosmetic animal testing and sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see S. 2886), S6625 [18NO]

——— require a recall of electronic nicotine delivery systems that have not been subject to premarket review (see H.R. 5005), H8738 [8NO]

——— require label of drugs with an increased risk of suicide or depression to prominently detail those side effects (see H.R. 4404), H7834 [19SE]

——— require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition (see S. 659), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 4850), H8457 [23OC]

——— require medical device manufacturers to provide notification of design or cleaning instruction changes and safety warnings issued in foreign countries about design and cleaning (see H.R. 818), H1242 [28JA]

——— restrict direct-to-consumer drug advertising (see H.R. 4106), H7480 [30JY]

——— revoke approval of one opioid pain medication for each new opioid pain medication approved (see S. 419), S1133 [7FE]

——— shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 3379), H5005 [20JN]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are subjects of sudden price hikes (see S. 366), S919 [6FE]

——— speed up approvals of lower-cost, generic, and ‘‘follow-on’’ insulin products (see S. 2103), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 5444), H10608 [17DE]

FDIC: clarify definition of a deposit broker (see H.R. 2572), H3499 [8MY]

——— clarify exclusions from definition of a deposit broker (see H.R. 907), H1334 [30JA]

——— exclude affiliates and subsidiaries of insured depository institutions from the definition of deposit broker (see S. 3111), S7207 [19DE]

FEC: limit authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds for political purposes, including a political committee, to nonprofit corporations (see H.R. 5129), H8908 [15NO]

——— prohibit a separate segregated fund of a corporation which manufactures opioids from making contributions or expenditures in connection with Federal elections (see H.R. 5196), H9120 [20NO]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower protection (see S. 2315), S5195 [30JY] (see H.R. 4147), H7488 [2AU]

——— establish exchange programs with the private sector for cybersecurity positions (see S. 429), S1133 [7FE]

——— guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (see S. 162), S274 [16JA] (see H.R. 339), H284 [8JA] (see H.R. 678), H718 [17JA]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see S. 1706), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 3079), H4312 [4JN]

——— prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 2139), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3802), H5998 [17JY]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses to contractors for unsatisfactory performance (see S. 2145), S4907 [17JY]

——— prohibit request for criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 387), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1076), H1460 [7FE]

——— provide a Federal contracting preference for contractors that retain U.S. jobs and purchase domestic goods and services (see H.R. 2342), H3275 [18AP]

——— provide back pay to Federal contractors impacted by lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 824), H1242 [28JA] (see H.R. 1213), H1583 [13FE]

——— provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see S. 870), S1987 [26MR]

——— report on expenditures for advertising contracts with small disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minorities and women (see H.R. 2576), H3500 [8MY]

——— require certain financial regulators to carry out independent study of regulated entities’ processes for allowing third parties to access consumer-authorized financial data (see H.R. 4047), H7466 [25JY]

——— require congressional notification if relatives or financial associates of the President are granted security clearances contrary to results of background investigations (see H.R. 1187), H1582 [13FE]

——— require consideration of the existence of qualified training programs of contractors in the award of certain contracts (see H.R. 533), H543 [14JA]

——— require political appointees seeking to remove climate change content in a scientific study or press release to publicly provide the scientific reasoning (see H.R. 5355), H9346 [6DE]

——— require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see S. 1385), S2770 [9MY]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see S. 2990), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 5329), H9294 [5DE]

——— require publication of annual reports required under ‘‘Buy American Hire American’’ and ‘‘Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects’’ Executive orders (see S. 405), S1132 [7FE]

——— revise post-award explanations for unsuccessful offerors for certain contracts (see H.R. 3638), H5302 [9JY]

Federal employees: enable Federal employees and contractors to correct their credit reports to remove adverse items of information reported as a result of a Government shutdown (see S. 535), S1384 [14FE] (see H.R. 799), H1217 [25JA]

——— permit obtaining employment outside the Federal Government during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 760), H1210 [24JA]

——— prohibit consumer credit reporting agencies and lenders from taking adverse action against Federal employees and contractors impacted by the Government shutdown (see H.R. 1286), H2032 [14FE]

——— prohibit International Stock Index Investment Fund of the Thrift Savings Plan from investing in any entity in-peer or near-peer competitor nations as outlined in the National Defense Strategy (see H.R. 2903), H4117 [22MY]

——— prohibit receipt of bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, regulate future private employment by Federal procurement officers, and reduce conflict of interests (see S. 156), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 599), H674 [16JA]

——— protect credit of Federal employees, contractors, and District of Columbia employees affected by a Government shutdown (see H.R. 4328), H7711 [13SE]

——— protect Federal employees and contractors from foreclosures, evictions, loan defaults, property repossession, and other civil liabilties during a lapse in appropriations (see S. 72), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 588), H674 [16JA]

——— provide for investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan that does not include investment in any fossil fuel companies (see S. 1460), S2815 [14MY]

——— provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Plan may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges (see S. 2791), S6447 [6NO] (see H.R. 5018), H8738 [8NO]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: clarify Appraisal Subcommittee treatment of appraisal management company registry and trainee fees and assist with appraiser qualification criteria compliance (see H.R. 3619), H5272 [5JY]

——— provide designees of Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Agriculture Rural Housing Service with positions on Appraisal Subcommittee (see S. 3050), S7027 [12DE]

Federal Maritime Commission: provide statutory authority for Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services and increase public awareness and understanding of ocean shipping services agreements and such Office (see H.R. 709), H997 [22JA]

FEMA: carry out a pilot program to enhance mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and availability of that data to stakeholders to help understand and mitigate flooding risks (see S. 1276), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2462), H3404 [1MY]

——— improve accountability of disaster contracts (see S. 2421), S5311 [1AU]

——— provide greater transfer of risk under the National Flood Insurance Program to private capital and reinsurance markets (see H.R. 471), H462 [10JA]

——— repeal mandatory flood insurance coverage requirement for certain commercial properties (see H.R. 470), H462 [10JA]

——— require insurance agents who sell flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program to take continuing educational courses to ensure accurate information about policies is provided to consumers (see S. 2171), S4948 [18JY]

——— require use of replacement cost value in determining premium rates for flood insurance coverage (see H.R. 469), H462 [10JA]

Financial institutions: acknowledge that lack of sunlight and transparency in financial transactions and corporate formation poses a threat to national and economic security and support efforts to close related loopholes (see H. Res. 206), H2614 [8MR]

——— call for banking and consumer agencies to work with customers affected by the Government shutdown to address short-term financial hardship and long-term creditworthiness damage (see H. Res. 77), H1217 [25JA]

——— clarify treatment of shareholder claims arising from appointment of a conservator or receiver for certain depository institutions (see H.R. 4267), H7596 [10SE]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1200), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2582 [7MR]

——— ensure Federal financial regulators perform comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on financial institutions (see H.R. 3198), H4431 [11JN]

——— establish a FinTech Council to designate a single primary regulator of eligible FinTech startups and create Offices of Financial Innovation (see H.R. 1491), H2322 [4MR]

——— establish requirements for bank mergers (see H.R. 5318), H9293 [5DE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 2649), S5922 [21OC]

——— make improvements relative to State banking agencies (see H.R. 241), H227 [4JA]

——— prohibit large technology companies from being a financial institution, or being affiliated with a person that is a financial institution, through development of digital currencies (see H.R. 4813), H8455 [23OC]

——— promote innovation in financial services by modernizing the regulatory framework to reduce barriers to getting innovative products to market (see H.R. 4767), H8297 [21OC]

——— provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency (see S. 1592), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 758), H1210 [24JA]

——— regulate industrial bank holding companies (see S. 2839), S6507 [12NO]

——— require chief executive officers of global systemically important bank holding companies to provide annual testimony to Congress (see H.R. 4966), H8718 [31OC]

——— require Federal banking agencies to increase risk-sensitivity of capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed derivatives (see H.R. 4233), H7535 [6SE]

——— require Federal financial regulators to issue guidance encouraging institutions to work with consumers and businesses affected by a Government shutdown (see S. 2919), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 2290), H3255 [10AP]

——— require prudential banking regulators to provide annual testimony to Congress on their supervision and regulation activities (see H.R. 4841), H8457 [23OC]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 741), H1209 [24JA]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 2176), H3216 [9AP]

——— restore separation between banking and commerce by limiting financial activity revenue of non-financial firms and bank ownership of commodities (see H.R. 5180), H9057 [19NO]

——— stop financial institution crime, conduct due diligence relative to criminal conduct or civil fraud, and create accountability in deferred prosecution agreements (see S. 1005), S2239 [3AP]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 327), H3284 [25AP]

——— improve for secondary school students (see S. 155), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 2974), H4161 [23MY]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and gun trafficking (see S. 1519), S2924 [16MY]

——— develop pilot program to support private-sector commercialization of gun-safety technology (see H.R. 4730), H8227 [17OC]

——— enhance safety and security at federally licensed gun shops (see H.R. 2674), H3726 [10MY]

——— ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers by increasing number of inspectors, frequency of inspections, and penalties for violations of law (see S. 1795), S3362 [12JN] (see H.R. 3234), H4627 [12JN]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 820), H1242 [28JA]

——— prevent illegal sale by improving tracking data and extending the time background check records are maintained (see H.R. 4255), H7559 [9SE]

——— prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers (see S. 1924), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 1705), H2715 [13MR]

——— prohibit Federal firearms licensee transfer of a long gun to an individual or business that does not reside in the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located (see H.R. 2634), H3679 [9MY]

——— prohibit purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition unless through a federally licensed dealer, increase cost of license renewal, and require dealers to report suspicious behavior of potential buyers (see H.R. 4082), H7476 [26JY]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 447), S1275 [12FE] (see H.R. 1186), H1582 [13FE]

——— provide victims of gun violence access to the same civil remedies available to those injured through other means and ensure the gun industry is not shielded from liability when negligent (see S. 1779), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 157), H207 [3JA] (see H.R. 3214), H4432 [11JN]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (see S. 42), S67 [8JA] (see H.R. 8), H280 [8JA]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 145), H2099 [25FE]

——— require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements relative to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises (see S. 320), S831 [4FE] (see H.R. 939), H1341 [31JA]

——— require manufacturers and retailers to include warning labels that provide the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4271), H7596 [10SE]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 4872), H8538 [28OC]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H3403 [1MY]

Fish and fishing: provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain tariffs imposed by other countries (see S. 1984), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3514), H5200 [26JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 3697), H5725 [11JY]

——— require individuals fishing for Gulf of Mexico reef fish to use certain descending devices (see S. 2960), S6788 [2DE] (see H.R. 5126), H8908 [15NO]

Flagstaff, AZ: remove Federal reversion interest in certain non-Federal land owned by Win Oil Co., Inc., to unencumber the title and allow for economic development (see S. 883), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 402), H358 [9JA]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see S. 1963), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 113), H205 [3JA]

Foreign countries: foster commercial relations with foreign countries and support American business interests abroad in the conduct of foreign policy (see H.R. 1704), H2714 [13MR]

Foreign investments: impose sanctions on any foreign person who engages in public or private sector corruption that adversely affects U.S. foreign investors (see H.R. 2167), H3216 [9AP]

Foreign trade: authorize the President to take certain actions relative to reciprocal trade to encourage other nations to reduce tariffs (see S. 2409), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 764), H1210 [24JA]

——— establish a national goal and mechanism to achieve a trade-balancing exchange rate for the U.S. dollar and impose market access charge on certain purchases of U.S. assets (see S. 2357), S5247 [31JY]

——— establish a process for U.S. businesses to obtain exclusions from certain duties (see S. 2362), S5247 [31JY]

——— limit Presidential authority to modify duty rates for national security reasons and limit authority of the U.S. Trade Representative to impose certain duties or import restrictions (see S. 899), S2043 [27MR]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items and defense articles and services to the Hong Kong Disciplined Services (see H.R. 4270), H7596 [10SE]

——— provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see S. 1284), S2612 [2MY] (see H.R. 723), H1170 [23JA]

——— require congressional approval before the President can adjust imports in the interest of national security (see S. 287), S799 [31JA] (see H.R. 940), H1342 [31JA]

——— require congressional approval of certain trade remedies including tariffs (see H.R. 3673), H5583 [10JY]

——— require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable labor standards and protections (see H.R. 3807), H5998 [17JY]

——— 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. 1747), S3251 [5JN]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see S. 593), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1450), H2313 [28FE]

FRS: establish Climate Risk Scenario Technical Development Group to develop financial risk analyses relative to climate change (see S. 2903), S6717 [20NO] (see H.R. 5194), H9120 [20NO]

——— modify registration and supervision of insurance savings and loan holding companies (see S. 3123), S7207 [19DE]

——— require Board of Governors to carry out a quantitative impact study of any proposed real-time payment system under the Faster Payments Initiative prior to implementation (see H.R. 3939), H7376 [24JY]

——— require Board of Governors to satisfy certain requirements before providing any new payment service, or substantially changing or expanding any existing payment service (see H.R. 3928), H7376 [24JY]

——— require implementation of a real-time payments system by financial institutions to ensure immediate availability of deposited funds (see S. 2243), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 3951), H7377 [24JY]

FTC: authorize additional appropriations to prevent unfair or deceptive practices relative to digital tokens or cryptocurrency and require a report to Congress on actions relative to such technologies (see H.R. 2154), H3216 [9AP]

——— codify ban on confessions of judgment in law in consumer loan contracts and expand such ban to provide protections to small businesses (see S. 1961), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3490), H5167 [25JN]

——— deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar and foster competition and facilitate review of drug petitions filed in good faith (see S. 1224), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2374), H3302 [29AP]

——— eliminate common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies in order to allow investigation of companies that enable illegal robocalling (see S. 2349), S5247 [31JY]

——— eliminate monetization practices from video games played by children by regulating certain pay-to-win microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in interactive digital entertainment products (see S. 1629), S3104 [23MY]

——— enforce prohibitions on debt collection, evictions, foreclosures, credit downgrades, and other actions to protect the public from harmful consequences of the Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 819), H1242 [28JA]

——— establish a national Do Not Track system to protect privacy of Internet users by allowing them to block collection of certain data by online companies (see S. 1578), S3005 [21MY]

——— establish duties to require online service providers to protect user data and prohibit use of user data to their detriment (see S. 2961), S6788 [2DE]

——— establish Office of Cybersecurity to hold large credit reporting agencies accountable for data breaches involving consumer data (see S. 1336), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2545), H3473 [7MY]

——— establish Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws (see H.R. 166), H207 [3JA]

——— establish requirements for data brokers relative to acquisition, use, and protection of brokered personal information and registration with the FTC (see S. 2342), S5196 [30JY]

——— extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 748), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 3900), H7240 [23JY]

——— grant additional authorities to require entities that use, store, or share personal information to protect such information (see S. 2637), S5896 [17OC]

——— impose privacy requirements on providers of Internet services similar to requirements imposed on Federal agencies (see S. 142), S273 [16JA]

——— increase consumer choice by requiring large online communications platforms to make services interoperable with other platforms, make user data portable, and allow third-party services to manage account settings (see S. 2658), S5965 [22OC]

——— increase consumer protections relative to negative option agreements entered into on the Internet (see H.R. 2683), H3727 [10MY]

——— limit use, recording, or transmission of any speech or sound captured by a smart speaker or video captured by a video doorbell and establish penalties for such actions without express consent of consumer (see H.R. 4048), H7466 [25JY]

——— prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see S. 1850), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3248), H4693 [13JN]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (see S. 1416), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 4398), H7834 [19SE] (see H.R. 5133), H8958 [18NO]

——— prohibit certain entities from using facial recognition technology to identify or track an end user without obtaining their consent (see S. 847), S1899 [14MR]

——— prohibit circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products (see S. 2957), S6756 [21NO] (see H.R. 5263), H9175 [22NO]

——— prohibit collection of private data by social media companies and grant users property rights to all of the data that they generate on the Internet (see S. 806), S1898 [14MR]

——— prohibit different pricing of consumer products and services that are substantially similar if the different pricing is based on gender of individuals to whom the products or services are intended or marketed (see H.R. 2048), H3066 [3AP]

——— prohibit genetic testing services from disclosing or using consumers’ personal information without their explicit consent (see H.R. 2155), H3216 [9AP]

——— prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (see H.R. 3693), H5584 [10JY]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see S. 2008), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3570), H5257 [27JN]

——— prohibit use of exploitative and deceptive practices by large online operators and promote consumer welfare in use of behavioral research by such providers (see S. 1084), S2328 [9AP]

——— promulgate regulations relative to sensitive personal information or behavioral data (see H.R. 2013), H2938 [1AP]

——— promulgate regulations requiring manufacturers to give notice to consumers as to whether Internet-connected devices contain cameras or microphones (see S. 2532), S5663 [24SE]

——— protect privacy of users of social media and other online platforms (see S. 189), S293 [17JA]

——— provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with assertion of a patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices (see H.R. 108), H205 [3JA]

——— require businesses to strengthen data privacy protections for consumers, increase research in technology to protect consumer privacy, and protect small businesses from over-regulation (see S. 583), S1540 [27FE]

——— require certain entities that collect and maintain personal information of individuals to secure such information and provide notice in the case of a breach of security involving such information (see H.R. 1282), H2032 [14FE]

——— require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information (see S. 2577), S5748 [26SE]

——— require entities that use, store, or share personal information to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments (see S. 1108), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2231), H3253 [10AP]

——— require entities to provide consumers with the opportunity to prohibit collection or use of certain data concerning the consumer and to request deletion of such data (see S. 2186), S4948 [18JY]

——— require large Internet platforms to notify users of use of algorithms that filter what information is shown and allow users to opt out of curated content (see S. 2763), S6333 [31OC]

——— require online marketplaces disclose certain verified information relative to sellers of children’s products to inform consumers (see S. 3073), S7113 [17DE]

——— require online retailers and Internet applications to disclose country of origin of products imported into the U.S. (see S. 2208), S5012 [23JY]

——— require online retailers to disclose country of origin of products imported into the U.S. (see S. 1711), S3215 [4JN]

——— review and revise standards for safeguarding customer information to ensure that consumer reporting agencies and service providers maintain sufficient safeguards against cyber attacks and related threats (see H.R. 331), H283 [8JA]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 805), H1242 [28JA]

——— safeguard sensitive data from foreign governments that pose risks to national security by imposing data security requirements and strengthening review of foreign investments (see S. 2889), S6625 [18NO]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (see S. 1227), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2376), H3302 [29AP]

GAO: conduct study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking (see S. 410), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 502), H517 [11JA]

——— report on, and make recommendations to improve, efforts by fishery management agencies to address impact of climate change on fisheries (see H.R. 4679), H8143 [15OC]

——— study role pharmaceutical benefit managers play in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (see S. 1532), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3223), H4626 [12JN]

Georgia (country): impose sanctions if commitments or contractual agreements with U.S. persons engaging in business operations are being undermined (see H.R. 1461), H2313 [28FE]

Government: reimburse employees of the Federal Government, District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1016), H1391 [6FE]

Government regulations: ensure a complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see S. 78), S142 [10JA] (see S. 1120), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 4601), H8094 [4OC]

——— provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services (see H.R. 528), H543 [14JA]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 300), H282 [8JA]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend current compensation packages for officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 1171), S2433 [11AP]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (see S.J. Res. 8), S1326 [13FE] (see S. Res. 59), S1133 [7FE] (see H. Res. 109), H1462 [7FE]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and hazardous and other wastes, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 132), H2032 [14FE]

Green Real Deal: address climate change by harnessing the power of free markets, embracing technological innovation and entrepreneurship, and cutting excessive governmental red tape (see H. Res. 288), H3068 [3AP]

GSA: conduct audit of properties leased to private parties (see H.R. 5047), H8783 [12NO]

——— establish BuyAmerican.gov website to collect and display information on Federal agencies’ requests for Buy American Act waivers (see S. 1324), S2645 [6MY]

——— establish public-private partnership pilot program to acquire public buildings (see H.R. 4485), H7988 [25SE]

——— prohibit awarding of contracts to insured depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy (see S. 1104), S2386 [10AP]

——— promote economic security and workplace accountability for workers of air carriers and subcontractors by requiring disclosure of labor law violations to be eligible for Federal employee travel contracts (see S. 2678), S6091 [23OC]

——— require disclosure of beneficial ownership by a foreign person of high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency (see S. 1869), S3477 [13JN] (see H.R. 392), H357 [9JA]

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: amend (see H.R. 3814), H5999 [17JY]

Harper, Martha M.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 56), H7467 [25JY]

Health: authorize a pilot program to develop, expand, and enhance the commercialization of biomedical products (see H.R. 5357), H9347 [6DE]

——— ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 692), H958 [18JA]

——— galvanize U.S. programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia (see H.R. 2077), H3068 [3AP]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3762), H5825 [15JY]

——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (see H.R. 1884), H2826 [26MR]

——— lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (see S. 1895), S3843 [19JN]

——— promote transparency in health care pricing (see H.R. 1409), H2271 [27FE]

——— protect patients from surprise air ambulance services bills (see H.R. 3784), H5911 [16JY]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (see S. 1266), S2569 [1MY] (see S. 1531), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3502), H5200 [26JN] (see H.R. 3630), H5302 [9JY] (see H.R. 4223), H7528 [30AU]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), consideration (see H. Res. 377), H3787 [14MY]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (see H.R. 5031), H8739 [8NO]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage to disclose cost information to enrollees (see S. 913), S2043 [27MR]

——— strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see H.R. 5479), H12210 [18DE]

Hemp History Week: designate (see S. Res. 238), S3253 [5JN]

Hispanic Americans: recognize disparity in wages paid to Latina women and reaffirm support for ensuring equal pay and closing the gender wage gap (see H. Con. Res. 76), H9121 [20NO]

Hong Kong: impose sanctions against China to combat suppression of freedoms of speech, association, assembly, procession, and demonstration and freeze assets of entities undermining autonomy, liberties, and human rights (see S. 2758), S6333 [31OC]

——— issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (see S. 1838), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3289), H4695 [13JN]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items to the Hong Kong Police Force (see S. 2710), S6156 [24OC]

House Rules: prohibit Members of the House from serving on the boards of for-profit entities (see H. Res. 157), H2314 [28FE]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program (see H.R. 1740), H2716 [13MR]

——— include U.S. nationals among eligible employees of an EB-5 commercial enterprise (see H.R. 1207), H1583 [13FE]

——— make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 798), H1217 [25JA]

——— oppose threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border and blocking of funds to address root causes of migration and affirm asylum-seeking individuals have a right to due process and humane treatment (see H. Res. 287), H3068 [3AP]

——— permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (see H.R. 2124), H3128 [8AP]

——— prioritize allocation of H-2B work visas for States with low unemployment rates (see S. 135), S220 [15JA]

——— provide exception from grounds for inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law (see S. 3097), S7156 [18DE]

——— reauthorize the EB-5 regional center program (see S. 2540), S5663 [24SE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 60), H203 [3JA]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (see H.R. 4916), H8677 [30OC] (see H.R. 5038), H8783 [12NO]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), consideration (see H. Res. 758), H10015 [10DE]

——— reserve EB–5 visas for investors in new commercial enterprises in nationally declared major disaster areas (see H.R. 2173), H3216 [9AP]

——— simplify and rename H-2C worker program (see H.R. 3740), H5774 [12JY]

——— streamline application process for H–2A employers to meet labor needs of agricultural communities (see S. 1887), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 3319), H4770 [18JN]

——— terminate the EB–5 Visa Program (see H.R. 773), H1210 [24JA]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish (see S. 2005), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3575), H5257 [27JN]

Income: prohibit employers from keeping employees’ tips to cover the cost of financial transaction fees (see H.R. 3715), H5726 [11JY]

Information technology: deem development and deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology a national priority and support FCC efforts to make spectrum commercially available (see S. Res. 259), S4456 [24JN]

——— ensure appropriate prioritization, spectrum planning, and interagency coordination to support the Internet of Things (see S. 1611), S3059 [22MY]

——— establish an app ratings board to enforce age and content ratings of apps on Internet-ready devices and call on technology companies to implement parental controls on devices used by minors (see H. Res. 721), H9121 [20NO]

——— improve U.S. cyber workforce (see S. 2775), S6391 [5NO]

——— preempt State and local encryption laws to ensure a uniform, national policy for interstate issue of encryption technology (see H.R. 4170), H7492 [6AU]

——— promote deployment of commercial fifth generation (5G) mobile networks and the sharing of information with communication providers on security risks (see S. 1625), S3059 [22MY]

——— urge stakeholders in deployment of fifth generation (5G) infrastructure to adhere to ‘‘Prague Proposals’’ on resilience and security of communications networks and technology (see H. Res. 575), H7901 [24SE]

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 (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3283 [25AP]

——— establish an expansive infrastructure program to create local jobs and raise quality of life, launch middle class career pathways in infrastructure, and invest in high quality jobs (see S. 2404), S5249 [31JY] (see H.R. 4101), H7479 [30JY]

Infrastructure Week: designate (see H. Res. 380), H3789 [14MY]

Insurance: bring stability to the individual insurance market, make insurance coverage more affordable, lower prescription drug prices, and improve Medicaid (see S. 3), S19 [3JA]

——— codify certain rules relative to health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans (see H.R. 5224), H9168 [21NO]

——— create safe harbor for insurers that provide services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 4074), H7467 [25JY]

——— ensure common medications, devices, and screenings used to treat chronic conditions are covered without out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 4457), H7900 [24SE]

——— ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 1125), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 4159), H7488 [2AU]

——— expand types of commercial insurance authorized for risk retention groups serving nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 4523), H8053 [26SE]

——— increase accountability of insurance companies, strengthen consumer protections, and improve quality and affordability of health insurance (see S. 1213), S2435 [11AP]

——— preserve State-based system of insurance regulation and provide greater oversight and transparency of international insurance standards setting processes (see H.R. 4592), H8089 [1OC]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (see S. 1868), S3477 [13JN]

——— remove penalties for health insurers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 352), H284 [8JA]

——— require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see S. 1847), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3296), H4700 [14JN]

——— require health insurance issuers to maintain an online price comparison tool (see H.R. 5121), H8908 [15NO]

——— require health insurers to include information about the nearest in-network hospital or urgent care facility on insurance cards (see H.R. 5192), H9120 [20NO]

——— require health plan oversight of pharmacy benefit manager services (see H.R. 5304), H9256 [4DE]

——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 5200), H9121 [20NO]

——— require insurance companies to regularly update their provider directories to prevent patients from unknowingly receiving out-of-network care (see H.R. 4379), H7772 [18SE] (see H.R. 5144), H8958 [18NO]

Intelligence services: establish a plan for strengthening supply chain intelligence function and a National Supply Chain Intelligence Center (see S. 2316), S5195 [30JY]

Internet: require large interactive computer service providers to prove content moderation is politically neutral in order to retain immunity from liability for illegal content posted by third parties (see S. 1914), S3844 [19JN]

——— require social media companies to ban certain features that are designed to be addictive, require choice parity for consent, and give users the power to monitor their time spent on social media (see S. 2314), S5195 [30JY]

——— revoke immunity for removal of lawful political content by large interactive computer service providers (see H.R. 4027), H7465 [25JY]

Interns: protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 134), H206 [3JA]

Interstate commerce: allow transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels (see H.R. 5498), H12289 [19DE]

——— provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade (see H.R. 5499), H12289 [19DE]

——— regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce by prohibiting imposition of sales taxes on individuals with no physical presence in the taxing State (see S. 128), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 5515), H12290 [19DE]

Investments: allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal contractors impacted by the Federal Government shutdown (see S. 469), S1325 [13FE]

——— disclose additional material information about public companies and establish a Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee (see H.R. 4329), H7711 [13SE]

——— establish universal personal savings program with a minimum employer contribution (see S. 1053), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 2120), H3128 [8AP]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see S. 925), S2087 [28MR]

IRS: prohibit seizures relative to structuring transactions unless the property seized is derived from illegal sources or funds were structured to conceal criminal violations and require notice and post-seizure hearings (see S. 1099), S2329 [9AP] (see H.R. 1219), H2028 [14FE]

——— reform reporting requirements for foreign accounts of U.S. citizens living abroad (see H.R. 4362), H7753 [17SE]

Israel: affirm benefits of U.S.-Israel economic relationship, include science and technology innovation in continued cooperation, and encourage expansion of economic dialogue (see H. Res. 324), H3275 [18AP]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see S. Res. 120), S1939 [25MR] (see H. Res. 246), H2761 [21MR]

ITC: study the well-being of the U.S. automotive industry and stay investigation into national security effects of automotive imports until the study is completed and subsequent tariffs (see S. 121), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 1710), H2715 [13MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: require oversight of licenses involving financial services (see H.R. 4366), H7754 [17SE]

Labeling: establish requirements for quality and discard dates that are, at the option of food labelers, included in food packaging (see S. 2337), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 3981), H7463 [25JY]

——— make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate labeling of products made in the U.S. and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 5088), H8877 [14NO]

——— support legislation to reinstate country-of-origin labeling for pork and beef (see S. Res. 391), S6333 [31OC]

Labor unions: clarify illegality of use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 4256), H7559 [9SE]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 525), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1855), H2795 [25MR] (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Lobbyists: prohibit current Members of Congress, and increase restrictions on congressional staff, from becoming lobbyists, ban lobbyists from joining congressional staff, and improve disclosure requirements (see S. 2622), S5895 [17OC]

Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2885 [27MR]

Maritime Administration: ensure Small Shipyard Grant Program projects are carried out using materials produced in the U.S. (see S. 1287), S2612 [2MY]

Medicaid: exclude authorized generic drugs from calculation of average manufacturer price for purposes of drug rebate program (see S. 1785), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 3276), H4694 [13JN]

——— extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (see H.R. 1839), H2760 [21MR]

——— improve transparency and prevent use of abusive spread pricing and related practices (see H.R. 5281), H9221 [3DE]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (see S. 205), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 937), H1341 [31JA]

Medical Device Sterilization Challenge: establish (see H.R. 3044), H4180 [30MY]

Medicare: allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 62), S103 [9JA]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (see S. 1129), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 1384), H2269 [27FE]

——— establish part E public health plans available to everyone (see S. 1261), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2463), H3404 [1MY]

——— negotiate prices of excessively costly life-sustaining prescription drugs (see H.R. 5039), H8783 [12NO]

——— prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage prescription drug organizations from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies (see S. 988), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 789), H1211 [24JA] (see H.R. 803), H1217 [25JA]

——— provide for certain reforms relative to supplemental health insurance policies (see S. 2428), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 1394), H2270 [27FE]

——— provide for guaranteed issue of Medigap policies to all Medigap-eligible beneficiaries and Medicare Advantage enrollees (see H.R. 4676), H8143 [15OC]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by establishing requirements for pharmacy-negotiated price concessions (see S. 2247), S5062 [24JY]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by requiring Pharmacy Benefit Managers to disclose aggregate rebates and what proportion of those rebates go to beneficiaries (see S. 476), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 2115), H3127 [8AP]

——— provide relief for small rural hospitals from inaccurate instructions provided by certain administrative contractors (see H.R. 3672), H5583 [10JY]

——— require certain manufacturers to report drug pricing information (see S. 2051), S4677 [28JN] (see H.R. 2087), H3099 [4AP]

——— require drug manufacturers to pay a rebate for certain drugs if the price of such drugs increases faster than inflation (see H.R. 4619), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 4663), H8111 [11OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs furnished under part B for which the growth in average sales price has exceeded inflation (see S. 2081), S4773 [10JY]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (see S. 640), S1621 [4MR] (see H.R. 1034), H1458 [7FE]

——— require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial drugs payable under part-B to provide rebates relative to amounts of such drugs discarded (see S. 551), S1437 [25FE]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to include real-time benefit information as part of such sponsor’s electronic prescription program (see H.R. 3408, 3415), H5036 [21JN]

——— require prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to Dept. of HHS under part D (see S. 1505), S2924 [16MY]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 275), H281 [8JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: lower prescription drug prices, improve transparency of pharmaceutical prices and transactions, lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs, and ensure accountability to taxpayers (see S. 2543), S5706 [25SE]

——— repeal medical device tax and extend certain programs and tax incentives (see S. 3001), S6904 [9DE]

——— require drug and biological product manufacturers to include truthful and non-misleading pricing information in any direct-to-consumer advertising (see S. 1437), S2787 [13MY]

Members of Congress: require disclosure of business ties with foreign entities (see H.R. 1020), H1391 [6FE]

Mexico: affirm importance of U.S.-Mexico economic relationship and that Mexico is an essential trading ally and oppose implementation of tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico (see H. Res. 433), H4388 [10JN]

——— promote economic partnership and cooperation with the U.S., particularly in areas of academic exchange, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure integration (see S. 587), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 133), H206 [3JA]

Middle East: improve assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), consideration (see H. Res. 348), H3440 [2MY]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (see S. 1), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 336), H283 [8JA]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and combat anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), consideration (see H. Res. 314), H3256 [10AP]

Minimum wage: increase (see S. 150), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 582), H673 [16JA]

——— increase and provide option for minimum wage based on regional cost-of-living (see H.R. 3728), H5727 [11JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), consideration (see H. Res. 492), H5824 [15JY]

——— provide for a Federal minimum wage based on regional cost-of-living (see H.R. 2080), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 4443), H7865 [20SE]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 122), H205 [3JA]

Mining and mineral resources: include certain coal industry retirees in Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan (see H.R. 934), H1341 [31JA]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 27), S19 [3JA] (see S. 671), S1705 [6MR] (see S. 2788), S6447 [6NO]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan and reduce minimum age for allowable in-service distributions (see H.R. 935), H1341 [31JA]

Money: prohibit physical retail businesses from refusing cash payments (see H.R. 2630), H3678 (see H.R. 2650), H3679 [9MY]

Monopolies: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 370), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 948), H1349 [4FE]

Motor vehicles: encourage consumers to purchase or lease new automobiles made in the U.S. through rebates and eliminate tax incentives for automakers to move production to foreign countries (see S. 683), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 2510), H3440 [2MY]

——— protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 4311), H7704 [12SE]

——— repeal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 431), H461 [10JA]

MotorCities National Heritage Area: extend authorization (see S. 337), S867 [5FE]

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board: require SEC confirmation of new members and members to be at least 5 years removed from association with municipal securities business and set compensation caps (see S. 1236), S2515 [30AP]

Music and dance: require broadcasters to obtain permission to transmit content owned by another person and ensure music creators are fairly compensated by broadcasters (see S. 2932), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5219), H9167 [21NO]

NASA: allow procurement of supplies and services for commercial activities (see S. 2617), S5895 [17OC]

——— extend authority to enter into leases of non-excess property (see S. 2909), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 5213), H9167 [21NO]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 355), S5749 [26SE] (see H. Res. 568), H7835 [19SE]

National Climate Bank: establish (see S. 2057), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 5416), H10257 [12DE]

National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4782), H8386 [22OC]

National Commission To Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment: establish (see H.R. 4660), H8111 [11OC]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 740), H9222 [3DE]

National Fishing and Boating Week: designate (see S. Res. 174), S2516 [30AP] (see H. Res. 175), H2368 [5MR]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: conduct study on unsafe use of electric scooters (see H.R. 5426), H10258 [12DE]

National Oceanographic Partnership Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3161), H4349 [6JN]

National Park Service: establish a Federal register of historic vehicles to document and preserve records of U.S. automotive and motorcycle history (see S. 2455), S5407 [10SE] (see H.R. 5079), H8826 [13NO]

National Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (see S. Res. 114), S1900 [14MR] (see H. Res. 237), H2745 [14MR]

National security: prohibit dealing in information and communications technology or services from foreign adversaries and require congressional approval to terminate export controls relative to Huawei Technologies Co. (see S. 2118), S4821 [15JY] (see H.R. 3759), H5825 [15JY]

——— prohibit national security professionals from being employed by certain foreign-government backed companies for a certain period after leaving a position which required a security clearance (see H.R. 3997), H7463 [25JY]

National Security Agency: repeal authority to access on an ongoing basis business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations (see S. 936), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 1942), H2914 [28MR]

National Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 191), S2646 [6MY] (see H. Res. 347), H3405 [1MY] (see H. Res. 360), H3501 [8MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: establish State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program and Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program (see S. 1167), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 4486), H7988 [25SE]

——— make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (see S. 1166), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 3869), H7160 [22JY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 413), S6475 [7NO]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 677), H8724 [1NO]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 194), S2743 [8MY] (see H. Res. 240), H2745 [14MR]

National Women’s Small Business Month: observance (see S. Res. 400), S6334 [31OC]

National Workforce Development Month: designate (see S. Res. 304), S5312 [1AU] (see H. Res. 578), H7902 [24SE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see S. 226), S587 [24JA] (see H.R. 779), H1211 [24JA]

——— provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities (see S. 212), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 1937), H2885 [27MR]

——— restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 759), H1210 [24JA]

Natural gas: protect consumers from excessive rates (see S. 2771), S6391 [5NO]

News media: express importance of local print and digital journalism to the continued welfare, transparency, and prosperity of government at every level and the continuation and freedom of the U.S. (see H. Res. 282), H2986 [2AP]

——— provide a temporary safe harbor from antitrust laws for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms about terms on which their content may be distributed (see S. 1700), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 2054), H3067 [3AP]

——— reaffirm commitment to diversity as a core tenet of public interest standard in media policy and support efforts to eliminate barriers to media diversity (see S. Res. 306), S5407 [10SE] (see H. Res. 549), H7596 [10SE]

NIST: allow State Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships to award grants to small and medium sized manufacturers for purposes of training new workers to replace departing experienced workers (see S. 856), S1939 [25MR] (see H.R. 4877), H8538 [28OC]

——— enable Manufacturing USA institutes to provide advanced workforce development to certain businesses, increase program funding, review funding process, and foster economic development goals (see H.R. 2397), H3338 [30AP]

——— end funding limit for Manufacturing USA institutes, promote new institutes in innovative sectors, increase interagency collaboration, and advance certifications and training for advanced manufacturing workforce (see S. 1427), S2786 [13MY]

NLRB: clarify employer rights relative to hiring (see H.R. 2259), H3254 [10AP]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2709), S6156 [24OC]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 1633), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 2992), H4163 [23MY]

——— remove exclusive bargaining power of labor organizations by allowing employees in a unionized workplace to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer (see H.R. 5147), H8958 [18NO]

NOAA: limit maritime liens on fishing licenses (see H.R. 629), H676 [16JA]

——— preserve U.S. fishing heritage through a national program dedicated to training and assisting the next generation of commercial fishermen (see S. 496), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1240), H2030 [14FE]

——— provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 2448), H3403 [1MY]

——— provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (see H.R. 5366), H9387 [9DE]

North American Development Bank: authorize U.S. participation in a general capital increase (see S. 267), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 132), H206 [3JA] (see H.R. 3895), H7240 [23JY]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (see S. 118), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 539), H543 [14JA]

——— increase participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and industry (see S. 2578), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4528), H8053 [26SE]

NTSB: authorize investigation of commercial space transportation accidents (see H.R. 1562), H2503 [6MR]

Office of Government Ethics: determine if family members of the President have commercial relationships with foreign enterprises or financial institutions and, if so, whether they should be ineligible for a security clearance (see H.R. 1561), H2503 [6MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see S. 999), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 2051), H3067 [3AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training (see S. 1388), S2770 [9MY]

OMB: establish accelerated payments applicable to contracts with certain small businesses (see S. 2852), S6567 [13NO] (see H.R. 2322), H3270 [15AP]

——— provide exception to contractor past performance standards for failure to deliver goods or complete work due to a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 1212), H1583 [13FE]

OSHA: authorize Susan Harwood Training Grant Program (see H.R. 4843), H8457 [23OC]

——— authorize Voluntary Protection Programs (see S. 904), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 1956), H2915 [28MR]

——— disapprove rule on employers’ obligation to make and maintain records on occupational injuries and illnesses (see H.J. Res. 44), H1492 [8FE]

——— expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, and disclose violations of workplace safety regulations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see H.R. 1074), H1460 [7FE]

Partnership Fund for Peace: establish to facilitate and finance joint economic ventures and people-to-people exchanges between Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans (see S. 1727), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 3104), H4341 [5JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable (see S. 2814), S6475 [7NO]

——— clarify that licensing of a mark for use by a related company does not establish an employment relationship between the owner of the mark and that related company or its employees (see S. 2439), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 4164), H7492 [6AU]

Patents: clarify and improve patent infringement litigation process for biological products to expedite getting generic drugs to market (see H.R. 3991), H7463 [25JY]

——— include exclusive economic zone as part of U.S. for patent infringement (see H.R. 3954), H7377 [24JY]

——— prevent double patenting (see H.R. 3199), H4431 [11JN]

——— provide that a patent owner may not assert sovereign immunity as a defense in certain actions before the Patent and Trademark Office (see S. 440), S1275 [12FE]

——— remove requirement that certain covered entities prove they were irreparably harmed when seeking preliminary injunctions in civil actions for infringement and place conditions on export privileges (see H.R. 2841), H4009 [20MY]

——— restore patent rights to inventors (see H.R. 5478), H12210 [18DE]

——— strengthen patent system and combat abuse (see S. 2082), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3666), H5583 [10JY]

——— subject entities on Dept. of Commerce banned Entity List to heightened pleading standards, additional transparency requirements, and other restrictions relative to sale or license of patents (see S. 2178), S4948 [18JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 172), S274 [16JA] (see H.R. 1398), H2270 [27FE]

——— ensure that preexisting condition exclusions continue to be prohibited in health insurance coverage and group health plans (see H.R. 383), H357 [9JA]

——— establish Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market (see H.R. 1425), H2312 [28FE]

——— exempt health insurance of residents of U.S. territories from annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 19), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 2243), H3254 [10AP]

——— improve cost-sharing reduction payments to assist with payment of deductibles and copayments (see S. 964), S2118 [1AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1510), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2782), H3923 [16MY]

——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces (see S. 1400), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 1385), H2269 [27FE]

——— provide exemptions for individual mandate for individuals residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans on an exchange (see H.R. 90), H204 [3JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 80), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 2447), H3403 [1MY]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 684), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 748), H1209 [24JA]

——— repeal Multi-State Plan program (see S. 1313), S2613 [2MY] (see S. 1378), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2524), H3447 [3MY]

——— streamline employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4070), H7467 [25JY]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see S. 2366), S5247 [31JY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: require payment of user fees by qualified professional asset managers seeking an individual exemption from certain requirements to enhance pension protection (see S. 2598), S5793 [15OC]

Pensions: incentivize automatic enrollment and escalation of contributions to workplace retirement plans and facilitate participation in such plans by small businesses (see S. 1020), S2240 [3AP]

——— make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 833), S1899 [14MR]

——— modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 1011), S2240 [3AP]

——— protect pensions in bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 2737), S6299 [30OC]

——— provide alternative minimum funding rules for certain single-employer benefit plans maintained by community newspapers (see H.R. 1916), H2884 [27MR]

——— simplify and reduce costs for small businesses to join together in business associations to establish association retirement and other multiple employer pension benefit plans (see S. 1927), S4168 [20JN]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacurers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market (see H.R. 1499), H2366 [5MR]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 64), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 1344), H2100 [25FE] (see H.R. 1499), H2366 [5MR]

——— prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from compensating other companies to delay entry of generic drugs, biosimilar biological products, or interchangeable biological products into the market (see H.R. 2375), H3302 [29AP]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes (see H.R. 1188), H1582 [13FE]

Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations (see H.R. 746), H1209 [24JA]

——— prohibit a candidate for election to Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate’s campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate (see H.R. 3686), H5583 [10JY]

——— prohibit criminal corporations from making disbursements of funds in connection with campaigns for Federal, State, or local office (see H.R. 3004), H4163 [23MY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 1147), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2977), H4162 [23MY]

——— require corporations to disclose to shareholders amounts disbursed for certain political activity (see H.R. 5143), H8958 [18NO]

Political ethics: prohibit use of Federal funds or contracting at businesses owned by the President, Vice President, heads of Executive departments, and Members of Congress, or their families (see H.R. 1626), H2583 [7MR]

——— require disclosure of foreign business interests of Government officials, require President and Vice President to disclose tax returns, and prevent political appointees from receiving foreign payments (see H.R. 5433), H10262 [13DE]

——— require the President and Vice President to disclose and divest financial conflicts of interest and require Presidential appointees to recuse themselves from such matters before their agencies (see S. 882), S1987 [26MR]

——— strengthen ethical standards in the Federal Government to prevent Government corruption and ensure transparency and accountability (see H.R. 706), H997 [22JA]

Political science: recognize that socialism poses a significant threat to freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity (see S. Res. 289), S5141 [29JY] (see H. Res. 253), H2796 [25MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H676 [16JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H228 [4JA]

Power resources: make certain adjustments to the fiscal terms for fossil fuel development and make other reforms to improve returns to taxpayers for development of Federal energy resources (see H.R. 4364), H7754 [17SE]

——— transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5221), H9167 [21NO]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5142), H8958 [18NO]

Presidents of the U.S.: disclose use of Federal funds with any privately held company owned by the President (see H.R. 4454), H7865 [20SE]

——— prohibit corrupt foreign influence over the President, the Vice President, and their immediate family members (see H.R. 3486), H5166 [25JN]

——— require placement of any financial conflicts of interest into a blind trust (see H.R. 2027), H2985 [2AP]

——— require Presidential candidates to develop ethics plans for transition teams (see S. 338), S867 [5FE] (see H.R. 964), H1361 [5FE]

——— require the President and Vice President to divest themselves of certain financial conflicts of interest (see H.R. 1481), H2321 [4MR]

Privacy: give option to delete personal information collected by Internet operators resulting from Internet activity prior to age 13 (see S. 783), S1845 [13MR]

——— prohibit entities from requiring individuals to submit to arbitration for disputes arising from a security breach (see H.R. 327), H283 [8JA]

Product safety: require greater notification to the public regarding product recalls (see H.R. 5097), H8877 [14NO]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: establish a whistleblower program (see H.R. 3625), H5272 [5JY]

——— exclude privately held, non-custody brokers and dealers that are in good standing from certain requirements (see S. 2724), S6242 [29OC]

——— exempt funding from budget sequester (see S. 391), S1132 [7FE]

——— increase oversight of foreign companies listed on U.S. securities exchanges and delist firms that are out of compliance with U.S. regulators (see S. 1731), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 3124), H4342 [5JN]

——— promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1256), S2516 [30AP]

Public lands: promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation by expediting permits, encouraging access by veterans, prioritizing recreation, and maintaining trails and infrastructure (see S. 1967), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3458), H5165 [25JN]

Public utilities: ensure publicly-traded utility companies going through bankruptcy cannot reward their executives with bonuses or severance payments (see S. 2844), S6566 [13NO]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (see S. 1955), S4504 [25JN] (see S. 2056), S4698 [8JY] (see H.R. 3459), H5165 [25JN]

Puerto Rico: facilitate hiring by employers and increase wages of workers (see S. 6), S19 [3JA]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see S. 2896), S6669 [19NO] (see H.R. 5420), H10257 [12DE]

Putin, Vladimir: strengthen U.S. response to Russian interference by providing transparency on financial assets and hidden shell company ownership (see H.R. 1404), H2270 [27FE]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see S. Con. Res. 5), S1384 [14FE] (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

Real estate: ensure short-term rental companies and Internet platforms comply with State and local law relative to leasing and renting of real property (see H.R. 4232), H7535 [6SE]

REALTORS Land Institute: anniversary (see S. Res. 115), S1900 [14MR] (see H. Res. 381), H3790 [14MY]

Regulatory Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 3269), H4694 [13JN]

Religion: recognize historic contributions by the American Muslim community (see S. Res. 214), S3005 [21MY] (see H. Res. 276), H2938 [1AP]

Remanufacturing Day: designate (see H. Res. 303), H3256 [10AP]

Renewable energy: provide labor standards, develop infrastructure, and provide workforce training and development relative to clean energy sector (see S. 2185), S4948 [18JY]

SBA: adjust employment size standard requirements for determining whether a manufacturing concern is a small business concern (see H.R. 5130), H8909 [15NO]

——— codify Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (see H.R. 4109), H7480 [30JY]

——— decriminalize cannabis and establish an Equitable Licensing Grant Program (see H.R. 3544), H5256 [27JN]

——— ensure small businesses affected by onset of communicable diseases are eligible for disaster relief (see S. 77), S142 [10JA]

——— ensure that certain entrepreneurial development services are made available to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers (see H.R. 3543), H5256 [27JN]

——— ensure that certain loan programs are made available to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers (see H.R. 3540), H5256 [27JN]

——— establish a pilot program to grant awards to historically Black colleges and universities to establish entrepreneurship curriculum and placement of a Small Business Development Center on campuses (see H.R. 2981), H4162 [23MY]

——— establish a regional high-growth collaborative pilot program (see S. 2150), S4907 [17JY]

——— establish grant program for governmental and nonprofit small business accelerators and incubators to provide support and resources to startup businesses in formation and early growth stages (see S. 2149), S4907 [17JY]

——— establish Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (see H.R. 4387), H7773 [18SE]

——— establish minimum standards of disclosure by franchises to franchisees who use SBA guaranteed loans (see S. 2383), S5248 [31JY]

——— establish Native American Outreach Program (see S. 2191), S4948 [18JY] (see H.R. 5280), H9221 [3DE]

——— establish Office of Emerging Markets (see S. 2360), S5247 [31JY]

——— establish pilot program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 1077), S2328 [9AP]

——— give small business contracting credit for certain small businesses located in U.S. territories (see H.R. 3428), H5037 [21JN]

——— give small business contracting credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses (see H.R. 3372), H4918 [19JN]

——— improve commercialization activities in Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see S. 2127), S4856 [16JY] (see H.R. 3839), H7150 [18JY]

——— improve license application process for small business investment companies (see S. 2188), S4948 [18JY]

——— improve programs for veterans (see S. 1998), S4566 [26JN]

——— increase access to capital for small business concerns that are manufacturers (see S. 2131), S4856 [16JY] (see H.R. 3730), H5727 [11JY]

——— increase amount that certain banks and savings associations may invest in small business investment companies, subject to the approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency (see S. 1994), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 116), H205 [3JA]

——— increase lending to underserved borrowers through the largest loan program (see S. 2361), S5247 [31JY]

——— modify Microloan Program (see S. 996), S2189 [2AP]

——— modify timeframe for determining size standards for manufacturing small business concerns (see H.R. 4702), H8198 [16OC]

——— modify unconditional ownership requirement for women- and minority-owned small businesses for purposes of procurement contracts (see S. 1981), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3633), H5302 [9JY]

——— provide contracting assistance for small businesses in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 225), H209 [3JA]

——— provide interim partial payment to small business contractors that request an equitable adjustment due to a change in the terms of a Federal construction contract (see S. 2853), S6567 [13NO] (see H.R. 2344), H3275 [18AP]

——— provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 5065), H8826 [13NO]

——— provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 5078), H8826 [13NO]

——— require approval or disapproval of Small Business Investment Company applications applicants within set reasonable timelines (see S. 1975), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 4944), H8717 [31OC]

——— require contracting officers to take a small business concern’s past performance as part of a joint venture into account when evaluating the small business concern (see H.R. 5146), H8958 [18NO]

——— specify what credit is given for certain subcontractors and provide a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors (see H.R. 227), H209 [3JA]

——— submit report to Congress on Office of Rural Affairs (see H.R. 2633), H3678 [9MY]

——— support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserves by making certain loan programs more accessible (see H.R. 3661), H5583 [10JY]

——— waive guarantee fee for veterans and spouses of veterans for Export Working Capital, International Trade, and Export Express programs (see S. 2189), S4948 [18JY]

SEC: allow for registration of venture exchanges (see S. 2306), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 2899), H4117 [22MY]

——— allow use of funds to ensure that shareholders of corporations have knowledge of corporation political activity (see H.R. 1176), H1581 [13FE]

——— amend definition of whistleblower (see H.R. 2515), H3447 [3MY]

——— carry out a study of 10b5-1 trading plans which allow insiders of publicly traded corporations to sell stocks they own (see S. 573), S1539 [27FE]

——— carry out a study to evaluate issues affecting provision of and reliance upon investment research into small issuers (see H.R. 2919), H4118 [22MY]

——— carry out a study with certain Federal agencies on accounting standards (see S. 1564), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 3182), H4388 [10JN]

——— clarify definition and regulation of digital tokens and tax treatment of virtual currency (see H.R. 2144), H3215 [9AP]

——— codify certain qualifications of individuals as accredited investors for purposes of securities laws (see H.R. 4762), H8258 [18OC]

——— create a safe harbor for finders and private placement brokers (see H.R. 3768), H5910 [16JY]

——— enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (see S. 1854), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3641), H5302 [9JY]

——— establish Gender Diversity Advisory Group (see H.R. 3279), H4694 [13JN]

——— exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 609), H675 [16JA]

——— exempt standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act from budget sequester (see S. 392), S1132 [7FE]

——— expand ability to use testing the waters and confidential draft registration submissions to encourage initial public offerings (see S. 536), S1436 [25FE]

——— extend certain exemptions and reduced disclosure requirements for companies that were emerging growth companies and would continue to be emerging growth companies if not for certain restrictions (see H.R. 4918), H8677 [30OC]

——— implement rules simplifying the quarterly financial reporting regime (see H.R. 4076), H7467 [25JY]

——— improve quality of proxy advisory firms to protect investors and the economy and to foster accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in the industry (see H.R. 5116), H8908 [15NO]

——— issue regulations to require public corporations to disclose political expenditures (see H.R. 1053), H1459 [7FE]

——— issue rules to prohibit officers and directors of certain companies from trading securities in anticipation of a current report (see S. 2488), S5539 [17SE] (see H.R. 4335), H7714 [16SE]

——— permit private persons to seek sanctions by filing civil actions (see H.R. 1259), H2031 [14FE]

——— prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (see H.R. 2534), H3473 [7MY]

——— prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (H.R. 2534), consideration (see H. Res. 739), H9221 [3DE]

——— prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see S. 2992), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 5336), H9346 [6DE]

——— promulgate regulations on disclosure of certain commercial data (see S. 1951), S4504 [25JN]

——— repeal rule making open market stock repurchases by public companies easier and require percentage of company boards to be picked by employees (see S. 915), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 3355), H4917 [19JN]

——— require certain issuers to disclose information on foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from performing inspections (see S. 945), S2088 [28MR]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (see H.R. 1815), H2754 [18MR]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), consideration (see H. Res. 629), H8142 [15OC]

——— require corporations to publicly disclose financial reporting on a country-by-country basis to provide transparency on use of tax havens or offshoring jobs (see S. 1609), S3059 [22MY]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see S. 1843), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3624), H5272 [5JY]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (see H. Res. 629), H8142 [15OC]

——— require issuers to disclose certain activities and risks relative to climate change (see S. 2075), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3623), H5272 [5JY]

——— require issuers to disclose information on pay raises made to executives and non-executive employees (see H.R. 4242), H7535 [6SE]

——— require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (see S. 360), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1018), H1391 [6FE] (see H.R. 5084), H8877 [14NO]

——— require public companies to disclose in an annual report any substantial financial relationship with any manufacturer or dealer of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 2364), H3283 [25AP]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose policies on whether senior executives or shareholders bear the burden of paying company fines and penalties (see S. 1885), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 4320), H7705 [12SE]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (see S. 592), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1731), H2716 [13MR]

——— revise rules on general solicitation or general advertising to allow for presentations or other communication made by or on behalf of an issuer at certain events (see S. 1063), S2294 [8AP] (see H.R. 1909), H2884 [27MR]

——— revise shareholder threshold for registration under Securities Exchange Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms (see S. 1502), S2923 [16MY]

——— study rule 10b5-1 trading plans relative to the definition of insider trading (see H.R. 624), H675 [16JA]

——— study the 10 per centum threshold limitation applicable to the definition of a diversified company (see H.R. 3050), H4180 [30MY]

Securities: curb stock buybacks and create a worker dividend to ensure workers get their fair share of the profits they help create (see S. 2391), S5248 [31JY]

——— establish certain procurement procedures relative to businesses wholly owned through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) (see H.R. 2022), H2985 [2AP]

——— provide a temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers from certain auditor attestation requirements (see S. 452), S1275 [12FE] (see H.R. 3886), H7240 [23JY]

Securities Investor Protection Corp.: exempt funding from budget sequester (see S. 390), S1132 [7FE]

Senate: make technical corrections to computation of average pay for certain Senate restaurant employees (see S. 1436), S2787 [13MY]

Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council: establish (see S. 149), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 2610), H3678 [9MY]

Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws (see H.R. 5500), H12289 [19DE]

——— improve cruise passenger security and safety (see H.R. 5096), H8877 [14NO]

——— require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on vessels documented under U.S. laws (see S. 2167), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 3829), H7149 [18JY]

——— set standards for operation of uninspected commercial fishing vessels (see H.R. 3140), H4343 [5JN]

Small business: apply protections against consumer liability for unauthorized transfers to small businesses (see S. 2883), S6625 [18NO]

——— enact certain legislation and regulations to protect small business owners seeking financing that would start, continue, or expand operations and create jobs (see H. Res. 370), H3680 [9MY]

——— establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan (see S. 1170), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2294), H3263 [12AP]

——— reduce costs for certain businesses required to relocate from a Superfund site (see H.R. 2882), H4064 [21MY]

——— tribute (see S. Res. 443), S6756 [21NO] (see H. Res. 730), H9169 [21NO]

Smart Cities Week: observance (see H. Res. 614), H8095 [4OC]

Social Security: enhance benefits and ensure long-term solvency (see S. 478), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 1170), H1580 [13FE] (see H.R. 4121), H7480 [30JY]

Space policy: call for an international agreement and require Federal agencies issuing licenses for commercial space activities to include provisions to protect and preserve the Apollo 11 and other lunar landing sites (see S. 1694), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 3766), H5910 [16JY]

——— declare that space launch is a developmental activity and not a form of transportation, and that a process exists for investigating commercial space launch reentry activities (see H. Res. 473), H5269 [2JY]

——— establish a training facility to support functions and activities relative to licensing of commercial space launch and reentry activities (see S. 2780), S6391 [5NO]

——— provide for authorization and supervision of nongovernmental space activities (see H.R. 3610), H5269 [2JY]

——— reduce regulatory burdens and streamline processes relative to commercial space activities (see S. 919), S2043 [27MR]

——— support international cooperation and continued U.S. leadership to maintain access to space and achieve advances in space technology (see S. Res. 386), S6300 [30OC]

Sports: eliminate local broadcasting blackouts of games when stadiums are not sold out and condition antitrust exemptions of sports leagues on availability of local broadcasts of games (see S. 1748), S3251 [5JN]

——— provide for returning student scholarships, work opportunities, and full health insurance for sports injuries for student-athletes, and eliminate rules blocking professional sports participation (see H.R. 2036), H2985 [2AP]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 463), S1276 [12FE] (see H.R. 1185), H1581 [13FE]

Sustainable Communities Initiative: carry out (see H.R. 927), H1335 [30JA]

Taco John’s (business): anniversary (see H. Res. 749), H9387 [9DE]

Taiwan: reaffirm U.S. commitment to Taiwan and to implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act (see S. Con. Res. 13), S2271 [4AP] (see H. Res. 273), H2938 [1AP]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 156), S2387 [10AP]

Tariff: address loopholes in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule that allow companies to avoid the duty rate applicable to dehydrated garlic (see H.R. 4448), H7865 [20SE]

——— allow U.S. importers to apply for exclusions from tariffs on Chinese goods which are not accessible outside of China and items that increase the cost of living for U.S. families (see S. 577), S1539 [27FE] (see H.R. 1452), H2313 [28FE]

——— provide duty-free treatment for the sale of used yachts (see H.R. 2725), H3789 [14MY]

Taxation: allow a business credit for gain from the sale of real property for use as a manufactured home community to promote resident-owned cooperatives (see S. 2571), S5747 [26SE] (see H.R. 2832), H3962 [17MY]

——— allow certain federally declared disaster areas to be designated as opportunity zones for purposes of economic development and recovery (see H.R. 1851), H2761 [21MR]

——— allow deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3880), H7239 [23JY]

——— allow designation of opportunity zones for population census tracts affected by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and Mendocino, Carr, Camp, Woolsey, and Hill wildfires (see S. 1000), S2239 [3AP]

——— allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that employers file for bankruptcy and employees are not regularly scheduled for work or paid (see H.R. 4181), H7496 [9AU]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1660), H2614 [8MR] (see H.R. 4238), H7535 [6SE]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs and offset costs by limiting printing of Government publications that are available online (see H.R. 1774), H2743 [14MR]

——— allow for a credit against tax for placing in service qualified broadband property to expand the level of broadband service in a qualified rural census tract (see H.R. 3999), H7464 [25JY]

——— allow for a credit against tax for retailers to incentivize sale of safe firearm storage devices (see H.R. 4926), H8678 [30OC]

——— allow increased work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 1196), H1582 [13FE]

——— allow private activity bonds to be used for qualified broadband projects and provide for tax credit payments to issuers of tax-exempt bonds used to finance broadband infrastructure projects (see S. 2866), S6604 [14NO]

——— allow tax credit for employers providing student loan payment assistance for employees (see H.R. 655), H717 [17JA]

——— allow tax credits to veterans for establishment of franchises (see H.R. 446), H461 [10JA]

——— 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. 1026), S2269 [4AP] (see H.R. 2103), H3100 [4AP]

——— clarify application of the net operating loss deduction (see S. 1996), S4566 [26JN]

——— clarify that payment of taxes on deferred foreign income in installments shall not prevent credit or refund of overpayments or increase estimated taxes (see S. 2998), S6904 [9DE] (see H.R. 2985), H4163 [23MY]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 904), H1334 [30JA]

——— create a tax credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 1627), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 2993), H4163 [23MY]

——— deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 2550), S5747 [26SE]

——— deny deduction for executive compensation unless the employer maintains profit-sharing distributions for employees (see H.R. 1294), H2032 [14FE]

——— deny deduction for severance payments made in connection with sexual misconduct (see H.R. 1829), H2754 [18MR]

——— disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see S. 1185), S2434 [11AP]

——— 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. 1548), S2962 [20MY]

——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 1217), S2435 [11AP]

——— encourage retirement savings (see S. 972), S2118 [1AP] (see H.R. 1007), H1390 [6FE] (see H.R. 1994), H2923 [29MR]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), consideration (see H. Res. 389), H4009 [20MY]

——— ensure that bonds used to finance professional sports stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds (see S. 1242), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2446), H3403 [1MY]

——— 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. 2514), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4419), H7835 [19SE]

——— equalize charitable mileage rate with business travel rate relative to deductibility of costs of operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 2072), H3068 [3AP]

——— establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts (see S. 786), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1717), H2715 [13MR]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 3368), H4917 [19JN]

——— establish an excise tax on certain prescription drugs which have been subject to a price spike (see S. 378), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1093), H1461 [7FE]

——— establish an excise tax on production and importation of opioid pain relievers and use such funds to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment (see S. 425), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 4631), H8110 [11OC] (see H.R. 4793), H8387 [22OC]

——— establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H2312 [28FE]

——— establish tax-preferred Lifelong Learning and Training Account programs that provide Federal matching funds for contributions by low- and moderate-income workers or their employers (see S. 539), S1436 [25FE] (see H.R. 4017), H7464 [25JY]

——— establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (see S. 3136), S7208 [19DE]

——— exclude corporations operating prisons from the definition of taxable real estate investment trust subsidiary (see S. 1827), S3475 [13JN]

——— exclude employer contributions to student loan repayment from income (see S. 2347), S5247 [31JY]

——— exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations (see S. 1121), S2386 [10AP]

——— exempt aging process in determination of production period for distilled spirits for purposes of capitalization of interest costs (see S. 2251), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 4284), H7664 [11SE]

——— exempt from foreign insurer excise tax certain insurance policies issued by U.S. territory and possession insurers (see H.R. 1483), H2321 [4MR]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 177), S293 [17JA] (see H.R. 2258), H3254 [10AP]

——— expand credit for expenditures to provide access to disabled individuals (see S. 2290), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4045), H7466 [25JY]

——— expand deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 4947), H8717 [31OC]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 2268), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 3970), H7462 [25JY]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see S. 2370), S5248 [31JY]

——— extend advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 5165), H9056 [19NO]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (see S. 617), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 3301), H4770 [18JN]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones (see H.R. 2238), H3253 [10AP]

——— extend credit for carbon capture and sequestration (see H.R. 5156), H9056 [19NO]

——— extend credit to employers who provide paid family and medical leave (see S. 1628), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 4964), H8718 [31OC]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3099 [4AP]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see S. 460), S1276 [12FE] (see H.R. 1043), H1458 [7FE]

——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 5215), H9167 [21NO]

——— extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 5101), H8878 [14NO]

——— extend health coverage tax credit (see S. 2414), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 1939), H2885 [27MR]

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities (see H.R. 3188), H4388 [10JN]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 1841), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3249), H4693 [13JN]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3550), H5256 [27JN]

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (see S. 361), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 807), H1242 [28JA]

——— impose a corporate tax increase based on compensation ratio between the highest paid employee and median worker compensation and impose regulations to prevent manipulation of compensation ratio (see H.R. 5066), H8826 [13NO]

——— impose a financial transaction tax on trading of stocks, bonds and derivatives and invest such funds in domestic priorities (see S. 1587), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 2923), H4118 [22MY]

——— impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish a Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies (see H.R. 763), H1210 [24JA]

——— impose a tax on certain volatile, high-volume stock, bond, and derivative transactions (see S. 647), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1516), H2366 [5MR]

——— impose an excise tax on employers with low-wage employees (see S. 219), S586 [24JA]

——— impose surtax on corporations with significant disparities in employee wages (see S. 2312), S5195 [30JY] (see S. 2445), S5360 [9SE]

——— incentivize manufacturers to relocate to opportunity zones (see H.R. 3390), H5006 [20JN]

——— increase and expand the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 2971), H4161 [23MY]

——— increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 137), S273 [16JA]

——— increase credit for amounts paid or incurred for qualified research occurring in the U.S. (see H.R. 591), H674 [16JA]

——— increase dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from gross income of the employee (see H.R. 2614), H3678 [9MY]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance and dependent care flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1985), H2917 [28MR]

——— increase limitation on estate tax valuation of certain real property used in farming or other trades or businesses (see H.R. 5259), H9175 [22NO]

——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see S. 2841), S6566 [13NO]

——— increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (see S. 352), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 2541), H3473 [7MY]

——— 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. 1431), S2786 [13MY]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 604), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 4796), H8387 [22OC]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2667), H3726 [10MY] (see H.R. 2912), H4118 [22MY]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit and make flexible savings accounts available for childcare expenses for military families (see S. 1802), S3363 [12JN]

——— make look-thru rule for related controlled foreign corporations permanent (see H.R. 5240), H9168 [21NO]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1141), S2432 [11AP] (see H.R. 2137), H3128 [8AP]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see S. 1149), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 216), H209 [3JA]

——— make permanent the Indian employment credit (see H.R. 2017), H2938 [1AP]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see S. 978), S2188 [2AP] (see H.R. 2213), H3252 [10AP]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and allow an exemption from an employer’s employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit (see H.R. 5250), H9169 [21NO]

——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds and expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (see H.R. 5422), H10257 [12DE]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small businesses to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (see S. 321), S831 [4FE]

——— modify effective date for modification of net operating loss deductions (see H.R. 3587), H5258 [27JN]

——— 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. 1610), S3059 [22MY]

——— modify nondiscrimination rules to protect older, longer-service, and grandfathered participants in defined benefit retirement plans (see S. 2352), S5247 [31JY]

——— modify qualifying advanced coal project credit (see S. 407), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1796), H2744 [14MR]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 2140), S4907 [17JY]

——— modify tax treatment of amounts related to employment discrimination and harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment and assault and harassment based on protected categories (see S. 574), S1539 [27FE] (see H.R. 1521), H2366 [5MR]

——— modify work opportunity credit for certain at-risk youth employees and extend empowerment zones to encourage hiring of at-risk youth in high poverty areas (see S. 1550), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2845), H4009 [20MY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4119 [22MY]

——— permanently extend depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1216), S2435 [11AP]

——— permanently extend mine rescue team training credit (see H.R. 1974), H2916 [28MR]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 203), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 510), H518 [11JA]

——— 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. 1428), S2786 [13MY]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (see S. 73), S141 [10JA] (see H.R. 4711), H8226 [17OC]

——— prohibit States from retroactively imposing a sales tax collection duty on a remote seller and implement procedures and guidelines on future collection of such taxes (see S. 2350), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 379), H357 [9JA] (see H.R. 1933), H2885 [27MR]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (see S. 765), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 1725), H2716 [13MR]

——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see S. 2276), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4043), H7465 [25JY]

——— provide a credit for employer-provided job training (see S. 538), S1436 [25FE] (see H.R. 654), H717 [17JA] (see H.R. 3037), H4175 [28MY] (see H.R. 5012), H8738 [8NO]

——— provide a credit for employer-provided job training to encourage partnerships between local colleges and businesses (see S. 2676), S6091 [23OC] (see H.R. 4848), H8457 [23OC]

——— provide a credit for labor costs of installing mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 5166), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide a credit for zero-emission buses (see H.R. 5163), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide a credit for zero-emission heavy vehicles (see H.R. 5162), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide a credit to businesses that develop or expand virtual apprenticeship programs for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 4286), H7664 [11SE]

——— provide a credit to employers of National Guard members and reservists (see H.R. 801), H1217 [25JA]

——— provide a credit to small employers providing an eligible automatic contribution arrangement under a retirement savings plan (see H.R. 1938), H2885 [27MR]

——— provide a reduced excise tax rate for portable electronically-aerated bait containers (see S. 1291), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 3556), H5256 [27JN]

——— provide a safe harbor for income and employment tax purposes for determinations of worker classifications as independent contractors versus employees and increase reporting under such safe harbor (see S. 700), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1625), H2583 [7MR]

——— provide a tax credit for angel investors in start-up businesses and a credit for wages paid by start-up businesses to their first employees (see S. 2738), S6299 [30OC] (see H.R. 4922), H8677 [30OC]

——— 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 (see S. 223), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 802), H1217 [25JA]

——— provide a tax credit to consumers to reimburse a portion of the cost of broadband infrastructure serving limited broadband districts (see H.R. 2921), H4118 [22MY]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 1987), H2917 [28MR]

——— provide an employer credit for increasing wages (see H.R. 5261), H9175 [22NO]

——— provide an enhanced research credit for the development of smart gun technologies (see S. 1884), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 942), H1342 [31JA]

——— provide an exemption from Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act for interests held by certain foreign insurance companies (see H.R. 4598), H8089 [1OC]

——— provide an investment credit for qualified broadband projects (see S. 2867), S6604 [14NO]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see S. 780), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1711), H2715 [13MR]

——— provide disaster tax relief (see H.R. 1148), H1517 [11FE]

——— provide for elective payments for energy property and electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5157), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide for elective payments to Indian tribal governments for energy property and electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 5158), H9056 [19NO]

——— provide for flexible giving accounts (see H.R. 4002), H7464 [25JY]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (see S. 1128), S2386 [10AP]

——— provide for issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities (see S. 1763), S3284 [10JN] (see H.R. 3861), H7157 [19JY]

——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 146), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 1508), H2366 [5MR]

——— provide for new markets tax credit investments in rural job zones (see S. 2028), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3538), H5256 [27JN]

——— provide for periodic designation of qualified opportunity zones (see H.R. 1852), H2761 [21MR]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see S. 781), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1735), H2716 [13MR]

——— provide for regulation and taxation of electronic cigarettes and alternative nicotine products (see S. 2463), S5448 [11SE]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see S. 2156), S4947 [18JY]

——— provide incentives for establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 3123), H4342 [5JN]

——— provide incentives for increased investment in clean energy (see S. 1288), S2612 [2MY]

——— provide investment tax credits for energy storage technologies (see S. 1142), S2432 [11AP] (see H.R. 2096), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 5409), H10257 [12DE]

——— provide permanent disaster tax relief (see H.R. 3287), H4695 [13JN]

——— provide tax benefits for investments in gigabit opportunity zones (see H.R. 5082), H8877 [14NO]

——— provide tax incentives to promote economic development in economically distressed zones (see H.R. 1525), H2367 [5MR]

——— provide tax relief for certain disasters (see S. 1133), S2387 [10AP] (see H.R. 2284), H3255 [10AP]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1458 [7FE]

——— provide temporary safe harbor for tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in absence of administrative guidance (see H.R. 3650), H5302 [9JY]

——— provide that limitation on deduction for meal expenses does not apply to meals provided on certain fishing boats or at certain fish processing facilities (see H.R. 4829), H8456 [23OC]

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 322), H283 [8JA]

——— provide work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans who are receiving certain educational assistance (see S. 537), S1436 [25FE] (see H.R. 2499), H3439 [2MY]

——— reduce penalties for self-corrections by taxpayers under certain laws affecting individual retirement plans relative to employer-sponsored retirement plans (see H.R. 4117), H7480 [30JY]

——— reestablish 15 percent corporate rate bracket (see H.R. 901), H1334 [30JA]

——— reform rules relative to qualified opportunity zones (see H.R. 5042), H8783 [12NO]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3063), H4216 [3JN]

——— reinstate estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes on estates valued over a certain amount and end tax breaks and loopholes for high-value trusts and estates (see S. 309), S800 [31JA] (see H.R. 4857), H8462 [24OC]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see S. 2713), S6189 [28OC] (see H.R. 5512), H12290 [19DE]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies and apply savings to surface transportation (see H.R. 880), H1333 [30JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H201 [3JA]

——— repeal opportunity zones (see H.R. 5252), H9174 [22NO]

——— repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 714), S1734 [7MR]

——— require fairness and diversity in opportunity zone investment (see H.R. 4999), H8738 [8NO]

——— require information reporting relative to qualified opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and require public reports related to such tax incentives (see S. 2994), S6888 [5DE]

——— require payroll tax withholding on independent contractors of certain large businesses (see H.R. 5419), H10257 [12DE]

——— require that qualified cash or deferred arrangements allow certain long-term employees to participate (see H.R. 1874), H2826 [26MR]

——— restore deduction for research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 4549), H8079 [27SE]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see S. 803), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 1869), H2826 [26MR]

——— restore limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying the constructive ownership rules to controlled foreign corporations (see S. 2589), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4509), H8053 [26SE]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 779), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 1712), H2715 [13MR]

——— revise tax treatment of partnership interests received in connection with performance of services (see S. 1639), S3105 [23MY]

——— treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans under the tax on private foundation excess business holdings (see S. 2423), S5311 [1AU]

Technology: support development of guidelines for ethical development of artificial intelligence (see H. Res. 153), H2271 [27FE]

Telecommunications: prohibit the President or a Federal agency from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail services on broadband networks without authorization from Congress (see S. 918), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 2063), H3067 [3AP]

——— require phone, cable, and Internet providers to include all charges in the prices they advertise for service and provide remedies for consumers that have been wrongfully charged (see S. 510), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1220), H2029 [14FE]

Television: narrow the category of households eligible to receive signals under a distant-signal satellite license (see H.R. 5140), H8958 [18NO]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 9), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 1854), H2795 [25MR]

——— impose user fees on manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 616), S1593 [28FE]

——— increase certain civil penalties applicable to violations of certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products (see H.R. 5022), H8739 [8NO]

——— prohibit e-cigarette flavors, require e-cigarette design standards, monitor public health risks, apply excise tax to e-cigarettes, and educate the public about health implications of e-cigarettes (see S. 2519), S5602 [19SE]

Transportation Security Administration: develop best practices for rental companies to report suspicious behavior at the point of sale of a rental vehicle to prevent and mitigate acts of terrorism using motor vehicles (see H.R. 4942), H8717 [31OC]

Trump, President: require annual reports on Federal expenditures made to personal business holdings and regulatory actions that financially benefit the President, his businesses, and those of his close family members (see H.R. 1524), H2367 [5MR]

——— rescind and prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on promoting energy independence and economic growth (see S. 2505), S5577 [18SE]

——— take actions relative to business holdings to ensure compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution, declare receipt of emoluments a constitutional violation, and require disclosures to Congress (see H. Con. Res. 51), H5265 [28JN]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: urge Senate ratification (see H. Res. 454), H5006 [20JN]

——— urge Senate to ratify (see S. Res. 284), S5108 [25JY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: call for remaining a signatory to the Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement (see S. Res. 449), S6950 [10DE]

U.S. Digital Privacy Agency: establish to enforce user rights and data collection, possession, disclosure, and maintenance obligations by information technology entities relative to privacy of personal information (see H.R. 4978), H8729 [5NO]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): implement (see S. 3052), S7048 [16DE] (see H.R. 5430), H10262 [13DE]

Ukraine: prohibit involvement of immediate family members of senior U.S. Government officials with Ukrainian entities (see S. 2781), S6391 [5NO]

United Arab Emirates: condemn failure to counter money laundering activities conducted by Iranian companies to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran and urge the strengthening of anti-money laundering laws (see H. Res. 671), H8718 [31OC]

Venezuela: prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime (see S. 1151), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2204), H3252 [10AP]

Veterans: authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness, or die while in military service, to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles (see S. 1118), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2227), H3253 [10AP]

——— prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of servicemembers and veterans (see S. 2459), S5407 [10SE] (see H.R. 2750), H3841 [15MY]

Voting: provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 882), H1333 [30JA]

Water: improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts (see S. 933), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 3548), H5256 [27JN]

Weapons: allow certain domestic knife manufacturers to ship and sell their products to buyers located in other States and permit importation of certain knife parts (see S. 1588), S3058 [22MY]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 2258), S5063 [24JY]

——— provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2984), H4162 [23MY]

Women: 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. 2694), H3787 [14MY]

——— provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (see H.R. 4738), H8257 [18OC]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to women who joined the workforce to provide vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war and were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ (see S. 892), S2042 [27MR] (see H.R. 1773), H2743 [14MR]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), S208 [15JA], S247 [16JA]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), motion to proceed, S1882 [14MR], S1971 [26MR]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S736 [29JA], S776, S788 [31JA], S829 [4FE]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), motion to proceed, S31 [4JA], S48 [8JA], S128 [10JA], S174 [14JA], S693 [28JA]

Essays

State of the Union: Henry Wu, S798 [31JA]

——— Livia Greenberg, S795 [31JA]

Factsheets

Raise the Wage Act Impact on Texas 18th Congressional District, H7117 [18JY]

Letters

Acknowledge that lack of transparency in financial transactions and corporate formation poses a threat to national and economic security and support efforts to close related loopholes: Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, H2700 [13MR]

Acknowledgment that Valentin Gapontsev is not a Russian oligarch: Paul Ahern, Dept. of the Treasury, E1164 [17SE]

Allow non-registered industry-recognized apprenticeship programs to be eligible for Dept. of Labor grant funding: Jimmy Christianson, Associated General Contractors of America, H4572 [12JN]

——— Megan Evans, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, H4573 [12JN]

——— several organizations, H4573 [12JN]

Allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel: several Senators, S45 [8JA]

Alternative fuel tax incentives extension: several organizations, S1360 [14FE]

Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act: Dawn S. Hunter, Greater Vineland, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2376 [6MR]

——— Michele Gillian, Ocean City, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2376 [6MR]

Biodiesel tax incentives extension: several biofuel and renewable energy organizations, S1359 [14FE]

——— several organizations, S1360 [14FE]

Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: several organizations, H7613, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H7613, H7628 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

Corporate Transparency Act: Juanita D. Duggan, National Federation of Independent Business, H8321 [22OC]

——— several business associations, H8322 [22OC]

Dept. of HHS negotiation of lower covered Medicare part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries: Keith Hall, CBO, S3023 [22MY]

——— Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S3023 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida: several Florida Representatives, H4951 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC: Andrea M. Gacki, Office of Foreign Assets Control, S28–S30 [4JA]

Equality Act: Alethea Predeoux, AFL–CIO, H3807 [15MY]

——— David Stacy, Human Rights Campaign (organization), H3807 [15MY]

——— National Partnership for Women & Families, H3806 [15MY]

——— several civil rights organizations, H3807 [15MY]

Excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage: several Representatives (2009), H5961 [17JY]

Extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief: several organizations, S1598 [28FE]

Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Brent Gardner, Americans for Prosperity (organization) and Daniel Garza, LIBRE Initiative (organization), H10072 [11DE]

——— Doug Goehring, National Association of State Depts. of Agriculture, H10072 [11DE]

——— Joe Vasquez and Frank J. Dewane, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H10072 [11DE]

——— Mary Ann Borgeson and Melissa McKinlay, National Association of Counties, H10071 [11DE]

——— Neil L. Bradley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10072 [11DE]

——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10067 [11DE]

——— Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10067 [11DE]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H10067 [11DE]

——— several agricultural organizations and businesses, H10036, H10070, H10077 [11DE]

——— several organizations, H10078 [11DE]

——— Teresa Romero and Arturo S. Rodriguez, United Farm Workers (organization), H10075 [11DE]

——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H10079 [11DE]

For the People Act: Fred Wertheimer and Donald J. Simon, Democracy 21 (organization), H2522–H2524 [7MR]

——— Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H2524 [7MR]

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act: Representative Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H8122, H8123 [15OC]

——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H8122 [15OC]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8122 [15OC]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Sara Stewart, H10109 [11DE]

——— several biotechnology organizations, H10097 [11DE]

——— several pharmaceutical companies, H10130 [12DE]

Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act: Alliance To Fight the 40, H5967 [17JY]

——— American Benefits Council, H5965 [17JY]

——— Brian J. Marcotte, National Business Group on Health, H5965 [17JY]

——— D. Taylor, UNITE HERE! (organization), H5970 [17JY]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, H5969 [17JY]

——— Frederick Isasi, FamiliesUSA (organization), H5960 [17JY]

——— Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H5963 [17JY]

——— J. David Cox, Sr., American Federation of Government Employees, H5967 [17JY]

——— James P. Gelfand, ERISA Industry Committee, H5964 [17JY]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H5963 [17JY]

——— James T. Callahan, International Union of Operating Engineers, H5963 [17JY]

——— Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, H5969 [17JY]

——— Jimmy Christianson, Associated General Contractors of America, H5965 [17JY]

——— Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., Society for Human Resource Management, H5968 [17JY]

——— Joseph G. DePete, Air Line Pilots Association, International, H5971 [17JY]

——— Josh Nassar, UAW, H5966 [17JY]

——— Joshua A. Ulman, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, H5968 [17JY]

——— Ken A Crerar, Joel Wood, and Joel Kopperud, Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, H5961 [17JY]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H5971 [17JY]

——— Marco A. Giamberardino, National Electrical Contractors Association, H5969 [17JY]

——— Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H5970 [17JY]

——— National Coalition on Benefits, H5965 [17JY]

——— National Federation of Independent Business, H5965 [17JY]

——— National Taxpayers Union, H5970 [17JY]

——— Partnership for Employer-Sponsored Coverage, H5968 [17JY]

——— Paul Shearon and Matthew Biggs, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, H5962 [17JY]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H5966 [17JY]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H5967 [17JY]

——— Robert Martinez, Jr., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, H5963 [17JY]

——— Robyn M. Boerstling, National Association of Manufacturers, H5969 [17JY]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H5966 [17JY]

——— Shane Larson, Communications Workers of America (organization), H5966 [17JY]

——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H5971 [17JY]

——— Thomas M. Conway, United Steelworkers (organization), H5971 [17JY]

Naskila Gaming (business): Charlie Rice and Jim Carson, Greater Cleveland, TX, Chamber of Commerce, H7363 [24JY]

Oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge solution to Palestinian conflict, and support technological cooperation in civilian areas: Representative Eddie Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H7183 [23JY]

——— Representative Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H7182, H7183 [23JY]

——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7183 [23JY]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7183 [23JY]

Outsourcing Accountability Act: Shane Larson, Communications Workers of America (organization), H8236 [18OC]

Premium Reduction Act: Eric A. Cioppa, Raymond G. Farmer, David Altmaier, and Dean L. Cameron, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5900 [17OC]

——— several health organizations, S5900 [17OC]

Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: several organizations, H7613, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H7613, H7628 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

Raise the Wage Act: Ademola Oyefeso, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, H7104 [18JY]

——— Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), E968 [23JY]

——— Christine L. Owens, National Employment Law Project (organization), H7119 [18JY]

——— Deborah J. Vagins, American Association of University Women, H5932 [17JY]

——— Don Kusler, Americans for Democratic Action (organization), E968 [23JY]

——— Economic Policy Institute, H7100 [18JY]

——— Emily J. Martin, National Women’s Law Center, H7119 [18JY]

——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H5934 [17JY]

——— Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs, E967 [23JY]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, E966 [23JY]

——— Kristen Clark, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, H7120 [18JY]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H5934 [17JY]

——— Marc H. Morial, National Urban League, E966 [23JY]

——— Margot Dorfman, U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, H7099 [18JY]

——— Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H5932 [17JY]

——— Minor Sinclair, Oxfam America (organization), E981 [24JY]

——— Morris Pearl, Patriotic Millionaires (organization), H5933 [17JY]

——— National Disability Rights Network, E967 [23JY]

——— National Employment Law Project (organization), H7098, H7102 [18JY]

——— Quincy Howard, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, E968 [23JY]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7115 [18JY]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H7119 [18JY]

——— several health care organizations, E967 [23JY]

——— several lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and human rights organizations, H5931 [17JY]

——— several organizations, H7120 [18JY]

——— several women’s community groups, H7111 [18JY]

——— several youth organizations, H7116 [18JY]

——— Shane Larson, Communications Workers of America (organization), H5932 [17JY]

——— Terry O’Neill, National Employment Lawyers Association, E969 [23JY]

——— Thomas M. Conway, United Steelworkers (organization), H7105 [18JY]

——— Vanita Gupta, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H7116 [18JY]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7106 [18JY]

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act: D. Taylor, UNITE HERE! (organization), H7325 [24JY]

——— Garrett Bess, Heritage Action for America (organization), H7332 [24JY]

——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H7333 [24JY]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H7324 [24JY]

——— Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H7327 [24JY]

——— Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H7327 [24JY]

——— National Taxpayers Union, H7333 [24JY]

——— Robert Martinez, Jr., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, H7327 [24JY]

——— Thomas M. Conway, United Steelworkers (organization), H7328 [24JY]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7327 [24JY]

Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act: Representative Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H2782 [25MR]

——— Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2783 [25MR]

Safe Cribs Act: several children’s health and safety organizations, H7721 [17SE]

Safe Sleep for Babies Act: several children’s health and safety organizations, H7721 [17SE]

——— several organizations, H10294 [16DE]

Save the Internet Act: Jeffrey V. Smith, Santa Clara, CA, County Executive, H3172 [9AP]

——— several businesses and startups, H3145 [9AP]

SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act: Barbara Roper and Micah Hauptman, Consumer Federation of America, H8214 [17OC]

——— Bill Sweeney, AARP (organization), H8213 [17OC]

——— Ken Bentsen, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), H8212 [17OC]

——— Kevin R. Keller, Lauren Schadle, and Geoffrey Brown, Financial Planners Coalition, H8213 [17OC]

——— several financial organizations, H8212 [17OC]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Aaron Smith, National Cannabis Industry Association, E1440 [14NO]

——— Ademola Oyefeso, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, E1216 [26SE]

——— Alessandro DiNello, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, E1217 [26SE]

——— Basil Thomson, National Armored Car Association, E1442 [14NO]

——— Becky Dansky, Safe and Responsible Banking Alliance, E1230 [27SE]

——— Betsy Laird, International Council of Shopping Centers, E1240 [1OC]

——— Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, E1254 [4OC]

——— Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable, Inc., E1230 [27SE]

——— Jim King, ScottsMiracle-Gro Co., E1253 [4OC]

——— John Smaby, National Association of Realtors, E1230 [27SE]

——— Ken A. Crerar, Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, E1239 [1OC]

——— Lindsay Robinson, California Cannabis Industry Association, E1441 [14NO]

——— Marsha Jones, Third Party Payment Processors Association, E1229 [27SE]

——— Mayors Coalition To Push for Marijuana Reform, E1253 [4OC]

——— Michael F. Beech, Brink’s, Inc., E1240 [1OC]

——— National Association of Attorneys General, E1215 [26SE]

——— Neal Levine, Cannabis Trade Federation, E1441 [14NO]

——— Neill Franklin, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Inc., E1228 [27SE]

——— Nicole Fried, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, E1442 [14NO]

——— Paul A. Smith, Rural County Representatives of California (organization), E1239 [1OC]

——— Representatives McHenry and Luetkemeyer, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7965 [25SE]

——— Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association, E1216 [26SE]

——— Saphira Galoob, National Cannabis Roundtable (organization), E1441 [14NO]

——— Scott Talbott, Electronic Transactions Association, E1229 [27SE]

——— several bankers associations, E1216 [26SE]

——— several former Office of National Drug Control Policy and DEA officials, H7966 [25SE]

——— several organizations, E1217 [26SE]

——— several State banking supervisors, E1262 [8OC]

——— several State Governors, E1262 [8OC]

——— several trade associations, E1239 [1OC], E1254 [4OC]

——— Shanita Penny, Minority Cannabis Business Association, E1240 [1OC]

Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act: Eric A. Cioppa, David Altmaier, Michael F. Consedine, Raymond G. Farmer, and Dean L. Cameron, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, H4140 [23MY]

——— James F. Sanft, Church Alliance, H4137 [23MY]

——— Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP, H4137 [23MY]

——— several organizations, H4138 [23MY]

Stopping Bad Robocalls Act: Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H7301 [24JY]

——— several consumer organizations, H7302 [24JY]

Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act: Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2054 [25FE]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2055 [25FE]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E1571 [10DE]

——— Representative Yarmuth, Committee on the Budget (House), E1571 [10DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act: Jason D. Oxman, Information Technology Industry Council, H12257 [19DE]

——— several Texas businesses and organizations, H12256 [19DE]

——— Suzanne P. Clark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H12256 [19DE]

——— Tom Linebarger, Business Roundtable (organization), H12257 [19DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provision relative to copyright legal remedies and safe harbors: Representatives Nadler and Collins, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H12258 [19DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provision relative to liability of online platforms for illegal content posted by third parties: Representatives Pallone and Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H12259 [19DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ratification: several New Democrat Coalition members, S4840 [16JY]

United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan: West Virginia constituent, S2730 [8MY], S2867 [15MY]

Vladimir Putin Transparency Act: Representative Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H2663 [12MR]

——— Representative Schiff, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H2664 [12MR]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H2663 [12MR]

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: Bonnie Castillo, Zenei Cortez, Deborah Burger, and Jean Ross, National Nurses United (organization), H9129 [21NO]

——— Dina L. Kastner, National Association of Social Workers, H9131 [21NO]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H9133 [21NO]

——— Representative Courtney, H5043 [24JN]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9128 [21NO]

——— Representative Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H9128 [21NO]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H9132 [21NO]

——— several organizations, H9130 [21NO]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H9130 [21NO]

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act: Charlie Rice and Jim Carson, Greater Cleveland, TX, Chamber of Commerce, H7363 [24JY]

Lists

Asian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Excellence Award recipients, E761 [12JN]

Business for a Fair Minimum Wage (organization) members, H7107–H7110 [18JY]

Cornerstones, Inc., and Greater Reston, VA, Chamber of Commerce Best of Reston Awards for Community Service recipients, E747 [11JN]

Cosponsors of Senator Manchin’s miners pensions and healthcare bills (114th-116th Congress), S7131 [18DE]

Local government and community entities supporting H.R. 759, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7362 [24JY]

Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America members, E1217 [26SE]

Organizations and officials supporting H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7971 [25SE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 5, Equality Act, H3808–H3810 [15MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8310 [22OC]

Memorandums

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Release of Records on Investigation Into Equifax, Inc., Data Breach: Patricia Mack Bryan and Morgan J. Frankel, S2194 [2AP]

Equality Act Impact on Federal Funding of Abortion: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H3949 [17MY]

Medicare for All Act: Wen S. Shen, Congressional Research Service, S4750 [10JY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2020: President Trump, S1760 [11MR], H2625 [11MR]

Iran Sanctions Relative to Iron, Steel, Aluminum and Copper Sectors: President Trump, S2741 [8MY], H3497 [8MY]

National Emergency Relative to Iran: President Trump, S1791 [12MR], S4455 [24JN], S6507 [12NO], H2657 [12MR], H5047 [24JN], H8773 [12NO]

National Emergency Relative to Risk Mitigation in Communications Equipment and Services Marketplace and Its Supply Chain: President Trump, S2880 [15MY], H3835 [15MY]

Motions

Corporations: require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8368 [22OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize certain companies, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10044 [11DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10223 [12DE]

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H9152, H9153 [21NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7636 [11SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), S201 [15JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7346 [24JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H3950 [17MY]

FCC: improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (S. 151), S7177 [19DE]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), H3237 [10AP]

Financial institutions: call for banking and consumer agencies to work with customers affected by the Government shutdown to address short-term financial hardship and long-term creditworthiness damage (H. Res. 77), H1269 [29JA]

Firearms: require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H2260 [27FE]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), S1882 [14MR]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3904 [16MY]

Immigration: reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), H10093, H10095 [11DE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10044 [11DE]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S31 [4JA], S166 [14JA], S187 [15JA], S299 [18JA], S326 [22JA], S541, S549 [24JA], S725 [29JA]

Minimum wage: increase (H.R. 582), H7126 [18JY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), H4146 [23MY]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7662 [11SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 241, Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act, H7594 [10SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 758, Cooperate With Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act, H2646 [11MR]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1328, Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act, H3498 [8MY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1477, Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act, H2793 [25MR]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7987 [25SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1773, Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act, H8824 [13NO]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7662 [11SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act, H7832 [19SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform (COUNTER) Act, H8536 [28OC]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3289, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, H8141 [15OC]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3311, Small Business Reorganization Act, H7237 [23JY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3375, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, H7375 [24JY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act, H7832 [19SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act, H7832 [19SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3661, Patriotic Employer Protection Act, H8824 [13NO]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4227, Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services (MAPS) Act, H10305 [16DE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4270, Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd Control Technology to (PROTECT) Hong Kong Act, H8141 [15OC]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8781 [12NO]

Intention to object to H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Senator Cassidy, S5449 [11SE]

Intention to object to H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Senator Cassidy, S5449 [11SE]

Intention to object to S. 918, Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities To Nationalize the Internet in Every Respect (E-FRONTIER) Act: Senator Wyden, S5262 [31JY]

Intention to object to S. 1273, Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act: Senator Wyden, S5668 [24SE]

Petitions and memorials

Cherokee County, TX, Commissioners Court: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7363 [24JY]

CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial (company): Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7363 [24JY]

Deep East Texas Council of Governments and Economic Development District: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7364 [24JY]

Hardin County, TX, Commissioners Court: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7364 [24JY]

Press releases

AFL–CIO Endorses USMCA After Successfully Negotiating Improvements: AFL–CIO, H12252 [19DE]

AJC Outraged by Rep. Tlaib’s Tweet: American Jewish Committee, S45 [8JA]

House Makes Last Minute Bait-and-Switch on Corporate Transparency Act: National Federation of Independent Business, H8337 [22OC]

Senate Passage of the Protocol Amending the Tax Convention With Spain: Cristobal Fuentes, North American Stainless (company), S4872 [17JY]

U.S. Treasury Acknowledges That Valentin Gapotsev Is Not an Oligarch: IPG Photonics Corp., E1164 [17SE]

Proclamations

Mineola, TX, Main Street Program: Representative Gooden, E1259 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Aera Energy LLC: Bakersfield College Foundation Corporate Philanthropist of the Year Award recipient, E331 [21MR]

Agriculture: impact of tariffs, H2943 [2AP]

——— protect seasonal growers from unfair foreign competition, H8530 [28OC]

——— provide for promotion of hemp and hemp-derived products, H7972 [25SE]

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, H7821 [19SE], H7840 [20SE]

Albany, NY: tribute to Lombardo’s Restaurant, E362 [27MR]

Albemarle Corp.: anniversary of Magnolia, AR, manufacturing plant, E929 [16JY]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (H.R. 1175), E1285 [15OC]

——— tribute to beer brewers and importers, H2242 [27FE]

Allen Tate Co.: Team Honeycutt recipient of Cabarrus, NC, Regional Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Business of the Year Award, E148 [7FE]

Alphapointe (organization): tribute, E1034 [6AU]

American Peanut Shellers Association: anniversary, E264 [7MR]

American Welding Society: anniversary, E263 [7MR]

Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Leadership Arkansas program graduates, E654 [22MY]

Arkansas State University: hosting of annual College of Agriculture Agribusiness Conference, H2513 [7MR]

Armed Forces: allow families of fallen and critically-injured servicemembers to terminate their telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts without penalty (H.R. 4356), H8757, H8758 [12NO]

Asian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: tribute to Excellence Award recipients, E761 [12JN]

Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston, TX: anniversary, E461 [12AP]

ATF: funding, H4784 [19JN]

Australia: welcome Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the U.S., support relationship with the U.S., explore supply chain for rare earth materials, and address violations by China relative to maritime law and intellectual property, H7758 [18SE]

A&W Restaurants, Inc.: anniversary, E809 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: address reorganization of small businesses (H.R. 3311), H7217–H7220 [23JY], E977 [24JY]

Barrington, NH: anniversary of Calef’s Country Store, E1093 [6SE]

BASF SE (company): Michigan Governor’s Service Awards Corporate and Small Business Community Leader Award recipient, E1044 [9AU]

Bass, Edward P.: Fort Worth, TX, Business Executive of the Year award recipient, E1595 [16DE]

Bayliss Boatworks (business): anniversary, E395 [3AP], E435 [9AP]

Bel Furniture (company): tribute to efforts to assist Sugar Land, TX, family affected by apartment fire, H279 [8JA]

Bergad, Inc.: tribute to building expansion, H1249 [29JA]

Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): investigate certain business dealings while Joseph R. Biden, Jr., served as Vice President and whether such dealings resulted in conflicts of interests or affected U.S. foreign policy, H8673 [30OC]

BMW of North America, LLC: tribute to Greer, SC, BMW Plant Spartanburg manufacturing facility, H2733 [14MR]

Boone Drug, Inc.: anniversary, H1169 [23JA], E99 [28JA]

Boulevard Brewing Co.: anniversary, E1454 [15NO]

Bowles Farming Co.: Fresno, CA, Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Business Award recipient, E1421 [12NO]

Brandon, FL: tribute to Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, H2265 [27FE]

BWP Bats, LLC: Made in America Product Showcase honoree, H5925 [17JY]

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.: partnership with Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas to encourage workforce development in natural gas industry, H7587 [10SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the U.S. Capitol Grounds (H.R. 5521), E1619 [19DE]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (H. Res. 119), H1506 [11FE], H1528 [13FE]

CFTC: extend jurisdiction to include setting of reference prices for aluminum premiums (H.R. 1406), H2242 [27FE]

Chicken of the Sea International (company): anniversary of Lyons, GA, facility, E1167 [18SE]

China: address efforts to supplant U.S. and its free enterprise system as world’s dominant economic power, H8846–H8850 [14NO]

——— assessment as threat relative to economic and military expansion, unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual property, and human rights violations, H9251–H9254 [4DE]

——— assessment as threat relative to military capability, targeting of U.S. academic institutions, telecommunications components development, unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual property, and human rights violations, H3775–H3781 [14MY]

——— assessment as threat relative to military capability, unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual property, and human rights violations, H8889, H8890 [15NO]

——— assessment of U.S. trade policy, H8464 [28OC]

——— impose duties on imported merchandise in an amount equivalent to estimated annual loss of revenue from violations of U.S. intellectual property rights and compensate holders of such rights for resultant losses (H.R. 902), E911 [12JY]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies, E1016 [30JY]

Chobani, Inc.: tribute to donation to Twin Falls, ID, School District, E822 [24JN]

Cincinnati, OH: anniversary of Clermont Chamber of Commerce, E1594 [16DE]

Clarion, PA: tribute to revitalization efforts, H7588 [10SE]

Clean Fuels National, Inc.: tribute to Clean Fuels National Fuel Summit, E450 [10AP]

Clearly Loved Pets LLC: South Palm Beach, FL, SCORE Association Small Business of the Year Award recipient, E1570 [10DE]

Clemson University: tribute to Sandhill Research and Education Center, H7912 [25SE]

Climate: effects of climate change, E750 [11JN]

——— use of technology to improve efficiency and protect the environment, H8870–H8872 [14NO]

CNH Industrial America LLC: anniversary of manufacturing of skid steer loader, E397 [3AP]

Coast Guard: boat construction contract process, H7287 [24JY]

Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: rename as Russian Energy Reliance and U.S. Poverty Act, H7616, H7617 [11SE]

Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty Co.: Lake Arrowhead, CA, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E376 [1AP]

Collins Engineers, Inc.: anniversary, E1156 [17SE]

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish, H5664 [11JY]

Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Joint, Select): establish (H. Con. Res. 54), H7261, H7262 [24JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, H350–H355 [9JA]

Contracts: prohibit the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members from contracting with the Federal Government, H5557, H5558 [10JY]

——— restore provision that bars Government contractors from disclosing campaign contributions as part of the bidding process, H2484, H2485 [6MR]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (H.R. 2426), H8345–H8353 [22OC]

Corporations: disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (H. Res. 646), H8307–H8315 [22OC]

——— prevent corporate expenditures for campaign purposes unless the corporation has established a process for determining the political will of its shareholders, H2482, H2483 [6MR]

——— 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, H10007 [10DE]

——— require court-issued subpoena for queries into newly incorporated entities, H8368 [22OC]

——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8243 [18OC], H8303, H8316–H8339, H8365–H8370 [22OC]

——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), motion to recommit, H8368 [22OC]

——— require refresher training every two years for law enforcement officials who access database of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities, H8336, H8337 [22OC]

——— require reporting of disbursements made by foreign nationals for purposes of disseminating political communications and inquire whether persons providing such disbursements are foreign nationals, H8430 [23OC]

——— strike disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities, nullify rule requiring financial institutions to identify beneficial owners, and study existing Federal databases’ collection of such information, H8338, H8339 [22OC]

Courts: clarify that provisions to eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases shall not prohibit option of voluntary arbitration between consenting parties, H7850, H7851 [20SE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), H7588–H7592 [10SE], H7690 [12SE], H7777, H7818 [19SE], H7840–H7853, H7858 [20SE], H7871 [24SE], H10080 [11DE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), consideration (H. Res. 558), H7761–H7767 [18SE]

——— impact of mandatory arbitration clauses in workplace sexual harassment, elder abuse, and racial discrimination cases, H7588–H7592 [10SE]

——— prohibit mandatory binding arbitration contracts negotiated as part of collective bargaining agreement in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases, H7849, H7850 [20SE]

CPSC: prohibit manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the U.S. of any inclined sleeper for infants (H.R. 3172), H10294 [16DE]

Crane Merchandising Systems Co.: tribute, H2655 [12MR]

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, H12258 [19DE]

Cryptocurrency: impact on, and threat posed to, U.S. economy, H4778 [19JN]

Cumberland Container Corp.: anniversary, E857 [27JN]

Cummins, Inc.: anniversary, H3965 [20MY], E684 [30MY], E1065 [20AU]

D.M. Bowman, Inc.: anniversary, E1129 [11SE]

DecisionPathHR (company): Cabarrus, NC, Regional Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award recipient, E147 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: dairy industry business development funding, H4942 [20JN]

——— Dairy Margin Coverage Program implementation, H5206 [27JN]

——— establish Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in rural areas to achieve their preferred future and maximize contributions to the U.S. (H.R. 4874), H8608 [30OC]

——— expedite Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration rulemaking process and ensure new rules support fair trade practices for livestock and poultry industries, H4946, H4947 [20JN]

——— improve broadband access in rural areas, H10022 [11DE]

——— initiative with Dept. of Energy to facilitate energy-related investments in rural communities, H8464 [28OC]

——— investigation of possible price manipulation, collusion, or unfair practices in the cattle market, H7777 [19SE], H8303 [22OC]

——— make Rural Utilities Service grants for collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small Internet providers (H.R. 4642), H8152 [16OC]

——— prohibit release of proprietary Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sales data of food retailers, H393 [10JA]

——— promote American agriculture in Cuba, H1396 [7FE]

——— ReConnect Program funding to improve broadband access in rural areas, H397 [10JA]

Dept. of Commerce: commercial fishery and fishery resource disaster funding, H622 [16JA]

——— conduct an assessment and analysis relative to the decline in the business formation rate in the U.S. (S. 2535), H9160 [21NO]

——— establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (H.R. 1328), H3488–H3490 [8MY]

——— International Trade Administration antidumping and countervailing duty trade remedy enforcement funding, H4892 [19JN]

——— release report relative to investigation into national security effects of automotive imports, H4891 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology program funding, H10386 [17DE]

——— develop pilot program to train skilled technicians for defense industrial careers, H5654 [11JY]

——— establish a public-private exchange program for the acquisition workforce, E918 [15JY]

——— include dinnerware and stainless steel flatware in items required to be purchased from domestic companies, H5549, H5550 [10JY]

——— include in each national defense strategy steps to strengthen the U.S. industrial base and to assure an uninterrupted supply of medicines (H.R. 4710), E1297 [17OC]

——— National Security Innovation Network Hacking for Defense course funding, H4716 [18JN]

——— prohibit from contracting with companies that do not have a sexual harassment policy, H5653 [11JY]

——— prohibit funding to contract with any company that is a subsidiary of a company with Chinese controlling interest, H5320 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding to enter into any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with any Trump Organization-related business, H5633, H5634 [11JY]

——— publish on website distribution of Tuition Assistance Program funds to higher education institutions and audit eligibility of any for-profit college that fails to meet financial responsibility standards, H5554, H5555 [10JY]

——— Trusted and Assured Microelectronics Program funding, H10386 [17DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a prize competition for research, development, or commercialization of technology to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, including by direct capture (H.R. 3282), E765 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: allow Dept. of Veterans Affairs to purchase drugs at Fair Price Negotiation Program prices, H10216, H10217 [12DE]

——— authorize a pilot program to develop, expand, and enhance commercialization of biomedical products, H10204, H10205 [12DE]

——— ensure Fair Price Negotiation Program and Medicare changes to reduce drug prices will not result in fewer new drug applications for unmet medical needs and life-saving cures, H10223, H10224 [12DE]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 525), H2053–H2055 [25FE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize certain companies, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10033–H10042 [11DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H7854–H7857 [20SE], H7873 [24SE], H7996 [26SE], H8153 [16OC], H8207 [17OC], H8232, H8250, H8252 [18OC], H8371, H8374 [22OC], H8397, H8398 [23OC], H8592 [29OC], H8606, H8607, H8608 [30OC], H8682 [31OC], H8775 [12NO], H8792 [13NO], H8831, H8835, H8873 [14NO], H8884, H8905, H8906 [15NO], H8963, H8966, H9052–H9054 [19NO], H9157 [21NO], H9210 [3DE], H9288–H9290 [5DE], H9955, H9956 [10DE], H10020, H10022, H10023, H10025, H10026, H10027, H10031, H10032, H10033, H10096–H10122 [11DE], H10128, H10129–H10225, H10235 [12DE]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H10223, H10224 [12DE]

——— establish grant program for States to reduce unnecessary costs and administrative burdens in health care, H10213, H10214 [12DE]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program, H1278 [29JA]

——— incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition and extend funding for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers and other public health programs (H.R. 2700), H3804 [15MY], H3856, H3857 [16MY], H4013 [21MY]

——— include coverage for Federal employee health plans in Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, H10215, H10216 [12DE]

——— negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under Medicare part D and mandate production of generic versions of drugs if pharmaceutical companies fail to negotiate in good faith (H.R. 1046), H2947 [2AP], H3309 [30AP]

——— prevent spread pricing in Medicaid by pharmacy benefit managers and increase funding for NIH clinical trials, H10218 [12DE]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (H.R. 2069), H8607 [30OC], H8911 [18NO]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (H.R. 2296), H10118 [11DE]

——— require manufacturers to justify drug price spikes and high launch prices and report on drug, device, biological, and medical supply product samples provided to health care providers (H.R. 2113), H3429 [2MY]

——— require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of drugs to enter into reasonable pricing agreements (H.R. 4640), H10140 [12DE]

Dept. of HUD: Family Self-Sufficiency Program funding, H5067 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: convene an interagency working group to study enforcement of Communications Act provisions relative to restrictions on use of automated telephone equipment, H7297, H7300, H7301 [24JY], H9242 [4DE]

Dept. of Labor: allow non-registered industry-recognized apprenticeship programs to be eligible for grant funding, H4571–H4573 [12JN]

——— assist entities using special subminimum wage certificates to transform business models, support transition to competitive integrated employment for the disabled, and phase out use of such certificates, H5928 [17JY]

——— clarify ability of health care and social service workers to report violent incidents to law enforcement, H9143, H9144 [21NO]

——— clarify workplace violence prevention plans adopted by health care and social service employers shall not limit existing protections or laws relative to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, and sexual assault, H9148 [21NO]

——— ensure health care and social service employers incorporate changes to comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan based on informed findings from annual evaluation, H9147 [21NO]

——— ensure that healthcare and social service workers are aware of legal protection from retaliation by employers when reporting workplace violence, H9144, H9145 [21NO]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H5043 [24JN], H8902 [15NO], H9127–H9154 [21NO]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), consideration (H. Res. 713), H9068–H9072 [20NO]

——— prioritize technical assistance to health care and social service employers to ensure compliance with comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, H9149 [21NO]

——— prohibit certain practices by employers relative to restrictions on discussion of employees’ and prospective employees’ salary and benefit history (H.R. 1864), E346 [25MR]

——— provide additional training for employees who work with victims of torture, human trafficking, and domestic violence under a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, H9146 [21NO]

——— provide information to health care and social service employees on available mental health resources, trauma, and related counseling, H9139 [21NO]

——— provide report containing statistical data with respect to violence in healthcare and social service workplaces, H9145, H9146 [21NO]

——— require covered health care and social service employers to share workplace violence prevention plans with employees following completion of annual training, H9138, H9139 [21NO]

Dept. of State: assess and mitigate threats posed by Russian-Venezuelan cooperation and security risks posed by foreign acquisition of CITGO Petroleum Corp., assets in the U.S., H10594 [17DE]

——— assess and mitigate threats posed by Russian-Venezuelan cooperation and security risks posed by foreign acquisition of CITGO Petroleum Corp., assets in the U.S. (H.R. 1477), H2781–H2784 [25MR]

——— expand opportunities for veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses to compete for grants and contracts, H4686 [13JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: prohibit funding to enter into any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with any Trump Organization-related business, H4677 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: certify that moratorium on certain offshore oil and gas leasing will not adversely effect employment for minorities and women, H7621, H7622, H7632, H7633 [11SE]

——— certify that prohibition of oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will not increase the national average price of gasoline, H7636, H7637 [11SE]

——— consult with Dept. of Defense to determine if prohibition on certain offshore oil and gas leases pose a national security risk due to potential increase in dependence on foreign oil, H7617, H7618 [11SE]

——— contract with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete ‘‘Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program’’ study, H7631, H7632 [11SE]

——— establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program, H9974, H9975 [10DE]

——— exempt Georgia from prohibition on oil and gas leasing off the Atlantic coast, H7611 [11SE]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), H7565, H7566, H7586 [10SE], H7605, H7607, H7610, H7611, H7622–H7634 [11SE], H7673, H7676 [12SE], H7822, H7823 [19SE]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7566–H7571 [10SE]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (H.R. 279), H7612 [11SE]

——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities in the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean, H4975, H4976 [20JN]

——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing-related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 291), H372 [10JA]

——— prohibit funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida, H4951, H4952 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in Outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean, H4953, H4954 [20JN], H5174 [26JN]

——— prohibit issuance of certain geological and geophysical exploration permits in the Atlantic Ocean (H.R. 1149), H2375 [6MR]

——— prohibit oil-, gas- and methane hydrate-related seismic activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and Straits of Florida, H7619–H7621 [11SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7586 [10SE], H7605, H7606–H7622, H7634–H7638 [11SE], H7673, H7676 [12SE], H7822, H7823 [19SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7566–H7571 [10SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), motion to recommit, H7636, H7637 [11SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England, H7610 [11SE]

——— proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement plan funding, H4968, H4969 [20JN]

——— reinstate production safety systems rule and well control rule, H7630, H7631 [11SE]

——— require Dept. of Commerce economic impact study of potential damage relative to offshore drilling, including impact on tourism, fishing, boating, transportation and other coastal-related businesses, H7622 [11SE]

——— require GAO study on costs and impacts of offshore drilling on coastal communities and their economies, H7618 [11SE]

——— require public disclosure of inspections of existing offshore oil and gas operations and payments made to Ocean Energy Safety Fund, H7619 [11SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC, H2343 [5MR]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (H.J. Res. 30), H692–H696 [17JA], H977 [22JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7134 [18JY], H7224 [23JY], H7318–H7335, H7345–H7348 [24JY], E1601 [17DE]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), consideration (H. Res. 509), H7257–H7263 [24JY]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), motion to recommit, H7346 [24JY]

——— Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence funding, H337 [9JA]

——— prohibit pension plans receving loans from the Pension Rehabilitation Administration from engaging in the global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel, H7346 [24JY]

——— reform anti-money laundering laws, H8308, H8309, H8316–H8320 [22OC]

——— reform anti-money laundering laws (H.R. 2514), H8494–H8503 [28OC]

——— report to Congress anonymized data on number, industry, and location of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities, H8335 [22OC]

——— require Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to develop protocols to access database of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities and report to Congress number of times such database is accessed, H8335, H8336 [22OC]

——— settlement acknowledging that Valentin P. Gapontsev is not a Russian oligarch, E1164 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (H.R. 2460), H3509 [9MY]

——— improve pipeline safety by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards (H.R. 2139), H7669 [12SE]

——— proposed changes to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours of service rules for commercial motor vehicle drivers, H7564 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (H.R. 2109), H5045, H5046 [24JN]

——— public-private partnerships to address veteran suicide prevention, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse disorder funding, H5015 [21JN]

——— require educational institutions to abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of participating in departmental educational assistance programs (H.R. 4625), H8746–H8751 [12NO]

Detroit, MI: tribute to Metro Detroit Youth Day organizers and participants, E879 [9JY]

Discount Drug Mart, Inc.: anniversary, E516 [1MY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, H2654, H2656, H2657 [12MR]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H2690 [13MR], H2733, H2735, H2736 [14MR], H3715 [10MY], H3799, H3827 [15MY], H3849, H3851, H3917–H3920 [16MY], H3930, H3931–H3953, H3954, H3955, H3956–H3961 [17MY], H3997 [20MY], H4280 [4JN], H4436 [12JN], H5026 [21JN], H7139 [18JY], E617 [16MY], E623 [17MY], E631, E633 [20MY], E666 [23MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 377), H3801–H3813 [15MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H3950, H3951 [17MY]

District of Columbia: tribute to DC Beer Week, E1097 [6SE]

Dixie Green, Inc.: Alabama Farm of Distinction award recipient, E1112 [9SE]

Dory, Rudy: National Grocers Association Clarence G. Adamy Great American Award recipient, H3297 [29AP]

Dothan, AL: anniversary of Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce, E440 [9AP]

Drake Cement LLC: tribute, E333 [21MR]

Drugs: address rising cost of insulin, H2946 [2AP], H9248 [4DE], E1030 [2AU]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition, H10041 [11DE], H10133–H10139, H10201, H10202, H10204, H10209, H10211, H10215, H10216, H10219, H10235 [12DE]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), H10022, H10027, H10035, H10098–H10122 [11DE]

Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Stars Over Dulles Award recipients, E1634 [19DE]

Eagle Alloy, Inc.: anniversary, E1009 [30JY]

Ecology and environment: encourage use of technology to address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, H7826 [19SE]

Economy: impact of government policies on unequal distribution of wealth and income, H4397 [11JN]

——— impact of tariffs, H4297 [4JN], H4339 [5JN]

——— importance of agriculture, H2351 [5MR]

——— importance of job creation, H7747 [17SE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H2229–H2231 [26FE]

——— status, H3552 [9MY]

Education: provide entrepreneurship as a well-rounded educational opportunity (H.R. 5253), E1502 [22NO]

——— tribute to career and technical education programs, H1252 [29JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 39), E114 [30JA]

Electric power: disapprove use of blackouts by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., to mitigate wildfire risk, H8397 [23OC]

EMD Performance Materials Corp.: tribute, H7907 [25SE]

Employment: extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (H.R. 4235), E1092 [6SE]

——— impact of relocation of domestic jobs to Mexico and company closures, H3350 [1MY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H8666–H8668 [30OC]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H7227–H7229 [23JY]

——— protect freedom to join a union by bolstering remedies and punishing violations of workers’ rights, strengthening workers’ freedom to negotiate for better working conditions, and restoring fairness to the economy (H.R. 2474), H5089 [25JN], H9112–H9116 [20NO]

EPA: decision to exempt Cargill, Inc., salt ponds in Redwood City, CA, from certain Federal Water Pollution Control Act regulations, H2650 [12MR]

——— ensure polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (H.R. 2570), H3798 [15MY]

——— evaluate ambient levels of ethylene oxide emissions from certain manufacturing facilities in Lake County, IL, H2110 [26FE], H3224 [10AP]

——— prohibit funding for enforcement of emissions standards for small incinerators in remote areas of Alaska, H4952, H4953 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce oil and natural gas sector emission standards for new, reconstructed, and modified sources rule, H4965 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to prepare, propose, or promulgate regulations or guidance reliant on social cost of carbon analysis, H4966, H4967 [20JN]

——— regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 2600), H3687 [10MY]

——— strengthen manufacturing and processing notices for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, H7870, H7872, H7873 [24SE]

FAA: impose safety requirements on commercial air tour flights and prohibit tour flights over certain Federal property (H.R. 4547), E1223 [27SE]

Fairfax County, VA: tribute to Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce incoming board members, E274 [8MR], E422 [8AP]

Fairplay, CO: tribute to residents and businesses for assistance rendered to stranded motorists during snowstorm, E1551 [6DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (H.R. 983), H1468 [8FE]

FBI: require National Instant Criminal Background Check System notification of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the U.S., H2260–H2262, H2266 [27FE]

——— require National Instant Criminal Background Check System notification of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the U.S. (H.R. 1397), H2266 [27FE]

FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (H.R. 3375), H7292–H7303 [24JY], H7384 [25JY]

——— disclose list of rules and regulations permanently forborne in Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections, H3180, H3181 [9AP]

——— engage tribal stakeholders and providers to ensure accessible and affordable broadband Internet access on tribal lands, H3227, H3228 [10AP]

——— ensure ability of broadband Internet providers to block unlawful content, such as child pornography or copyright-infringing materials, H3233–H3235 [10AP]

——— ensure future reports on the state of broadband deployment are based on accurate data and correct past inaccuracies prior to the report’s release, H3229, H3230 [10AP]

——— expand broadband Internet access service to rural areas, H2651 [12MR], H3853 [16MY], H8148 [16OC]

——— extend certain expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (H.R. 5035), H9960, H9961 [10DE], E1577 [11DE]

——— improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (H.R. 3162), H7564 [10SE]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls, H7301 [24JY]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (H.R. 2015), H4013 [21MY], H8830 [14NO]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (S. 151), H9227, H9235–H9245 [4DE], H9281 [5DE]

——— increase penalties for violations involving robocalls, spoofing, and telemarketing (H.R. 3707), H7384 [25JY]

——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (H.R. 4229), H10287–H10291 [16DE], E1601 [17DE]

——— lengthen statute of limitations for enforcing robocall violations (H.R. 1575), H2655 [12MR]

——— prohibit funding to finalize rule that overturns local ordinances to promote broadband competition in multi-tenant buildings, H5187 [26JN]

——— prohibit Internet service providers from knowingly submitting inaccurate Internet access service coverage information or data in order to compile an inaccurate broadband coverage map (H.R. 4227), H10291 [16DE]

——— provide evidence of certain robocall violations to Dept. of Justice, H7297, H7300, H7301 [24JY], H9241, H9243 [4DE]

——— provide for information sharing on robocall and spoofing violations, authorize provision of a robocall blocking service, and study information requirements for certain VoIP service providers, H7298, H7299, H7301 [24JY], H9240, H9241 [4DE]

——— publish an annual report on suspected unlawful robocalls, H7297, H7299, H7301 [24JY], H9241, H9242, H9243 [4DE]

——— report to Congress on enforcement actions taken against Internet service providers in violation of net neutrality rules, including fines imposed and amounts collected, H3183, H3184 [9AP]

——— report to Congress on plan to evaluate and address problems with collection of data relative to deployment of broadband Internet access service, H3184, H3185 [9AP]

——— require Internet service providers to report actual broadband speed data and ensure funding awards are distributed to entities providing higher broadband speeds (H.R. 4641), H8152 [16OC]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), H3088, H3089 [4AP], H3139, H3169–H3185 [9AP], H3224–H3239, H3240, H3244 [10AP], H4152 [23MY], E447 [10AP], E459 [12AP]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3141–H3148 [9AP]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), motion to recommit, H3237, H3238 [10AP]

——— submit report on investigation into sale of geolocation data by wireless carriers to third parties, H5178 [26JN]

——— update television broadcasting regulations relative to cable operator negotiations, blackouts, retransmission, copyright licenses, binding arbitration, and local programming access (H.R. 3994), E1577 [11DE]

FDA: clarify types of patents on safe and effective drug list, require list of applicable exclusivities for listed drugs, update patent sponsor requirements, and reform patent list guidelines (H.R. 1503), H3486–H3488 [8MY], H4401 [11JN]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a second generic drug to come to market created by exclusivity period granted to a first generic drug application, H3800 [15MY], H3857, H3860 [16MY]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a second generic drug to come to market created by exclusivity period granted to a first generic drug application (H.R. 938), H3429 [2MY], H10118 [11DE]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market, H3858, H3864, H3865, H3873 [16MY]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (H.R. 965), H3429 [2MY], H3455 [7MY], H3911 [16MY]

——— restrict direct-to-consumer drug advertising, H8966 [19NO]

Federal agencies and departments: guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (H.R. 339), E20 [8JA]

——— prohibit funding used in contravention of the Executive Order relative to buy American preference requirements, H5016, H5017 [21JN]

——— prohibit request for criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (H.R. 1076), H8205 [17OC], H8288 [21OC]

——— provide back pay to Federal contractors impacted by lapse in appropriations, H2009 [14FE]

——— report on expenditures for advertising contracts with small disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minorities and women (H.R. 2576), E559 [8MY]

Federal employees: prohibit receipt of bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, regulate future private employment by Federal procurement officers, and reduce conflict of interests, H2403 [6MR]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: clarify Appraisal Subcommittee treatment of appraisal management company registry and trainee fees and assist with appraiser qualification criteria compliance (H.R. 3619), H7803–H7805 [19SE]

FedEx Corp.: anniversary of partnership with Safe Kids Worldwide (organization), E938 [17JY]

Financial institutions: acknowledge that lack of sunlight and transparency in financial transactions and corporate formation poses a threat to national and economic security and support efforts to close related loopholes (H. Res. 206), H2697–H2701 [13MR]

——— address and eliminate racial discrimination in small business lending, H9102 [20NO]

——— call for banking and consumer agencies to work with customers affected by the Government shutdown to address short-term financial hardship and long-term creditworthiness damage (H. Res. 77), H1264–H1267, H1269 [29JA], H7806 [19SE]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (H.R. 1595), H7911, H7962–H7974, H7979, H7980 [25SE], E1215 [26SE], E1239 [1OC], E1253, E1256 [4OC], E1440 [14NO]

——— establish requirements for bank mergers (H.R. 5318), E1545 [5DE]

——— make improvements relative to State banking agencies (H.R. 241), H7579–H7581 [10SE]

——— provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency (H.R. 758), H2623–H2625 [11MR]

——— require Federal financial regulators to issue guidance encouraging institutions to work with consumers and businesses affected by a Government shutdown (H.R. 2290), H7805–H7807 [19SE]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (H.R. 2176), E448 [10AP]

——— restore separation between banking and commerce by limiting financial activity revenue of non-financial firms and bank ownership of commodities (H.R. 5180), E1468 [19NO]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (H. Res. 327), H3312–H3314 [30AP], E516 [1MY]

Findlay, OH: Site Selection Magazine Top Micropolitan Community in the U.S. honoree, E248 [5MR]

Firearms: amend outdated and offensive terminology used to describe categories of individuals deemed ineligible to purchase or possess firearms under current law, H2281, H2282 [28FE]

——— clarify that exemption from background check requirement for gifts and loans of firearms between parents and their children applies to step-parents and step-children, H2258, H2259 [27FE]

——— clarify that someone at risk of suicide is exempt from background check requirement in order to transfer firearms to others in instances of imminent threats of death or great bodily harm, H2256, H2257 [27FE]

——— clarify that victims of domestic violence, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking are exempt from background check requirement in instances of imminent threats of death or great bodily harm, H2123–H2127 [26FE], H2257, H2258 [27FE]

——— enhance safety and security at federally licensed gun shops (H.R. 2674), H3800 [15MY]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H234, H276, H278 [8JA], H299, H301 [9JA], H373, H441 [10JA], H1439 [7FE], H1507 [11FE], H1533 [13FE], H2006, H2025 [14FE], H2087 [25FE], H2105, H2110, H2111, H2112, H2219, H2220 [26FE], H2238, H2240, H2241, H2242–H2263, H2264, H2265, H2266 [27FE], H2276, H2294, H2295 [28FE], H2630 [11MR], H4208 [3JN], H4229, H4230, H4280 [4JN], H4339 [5JN], H4401 [11JN], H4438, H4441 [12JN], H4632 [13JN], H4704 [18JN], H4925 [20JN], H5026 [21JN], H5087 [25JN], H7601 [11SE], H7758, H7761 [18SE], H8883, H8905 [15NO], H8912 [18NO], H9103 [20NO], E215, E223 [27FE], E227 [28FE], E533 [2MY], E714 [5JN], E745 [11JN], E808 [20JN]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 145), H2119–H2128 [26FE]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H2260–H2262 [27FE]

First Solar, Inc.: tribute, H8850 [14NO]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (H.R. 113), H566, H567 [15JA]

Food: tribute to U.S. agricultural producers and systems which ensure access to food supplies, H3742 [14MY]

Foreign countries: foster commercial relations with foreign countries and support American business interests abroad in the conduct of foreign policy (H.R. 1704), H3459–H3462 [7MY], H3973 [20MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal authority to access on an ongoing basis business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, H7770 [18SE]

Foreign investments: impose sanctions on any foreign person who engages in public or private sector corruption that adversely affects U.S. foreign investors (H.R. 2167), H3240 [10AP]

Foreign trade: address violations of U.S. intellectual property rights, E1619 [19DE]

——— impact of trade agreements on U.S. workforce, H553 [15JA]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items and defense articles and services to the Hong Kong Disciplined Services (H.R. 4270), H8117–H8119, H8124–H8127, H8140 [15OC]

——— provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (H.R. 723), H1010 [23JA]

——— require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable labor standards and protections (H.R. 3807), H5926 [17JY]

Forest Service: Tongass National Forest logging roads construction funding, H4960–H4962 [20JN]

Fort Lauderdale, FL: anniversary of Cartaya and Associates Architects P.A., E688 [30MY]

Frank Fat’s (business): anniversary, E1071 [23AU]

——— Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand Restaurant designee, E1071 [23AU]

Frisco, TX: tribute to Frisco Chamber of Commerce, H9384 [9DE], E1564 [9DE]

FTC: deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar and foster competition and facilitate review of drug petitions filed in good faith (H.R. 2374), H3455 [7MY]

——— enforcement actions against companies that fail to protect personal information of children funding, H5179 [26JN]

——— establish Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws (H.R. 166), H3400 [1MY]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (H.R. 2376), H3455 [7MY]

GAO: conduct study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking (H.R. 502), H1223–H1227 [28JA]

——— determine accuracy and granularity of FCC broadband maps, identify programs and actions that rely on these maps, and make recommendations on how the FCC can produce more accurate maps, H3232, H3233 [10AP]

——— investigate Corp of Engineers contracting practices relative to enforcement of payment of prevailing wages at Federal construction projects, H5691 [11JY], E913 [12JY]

——— report on economic and employment impacts of minimum wage increases, H7124, H7125 [18JY]

——— report on effect U.S. Export Finance Agency closure would have on businesses that use its services, H8892, H8893 [15NO]

——— report on FCC efforts to assess competition in the wireline and wireless broadband Internet access market and how the government can increase competition, lower prices, and improve quality of service, H3225, H3226 [10AP]

——— report on impact of increased minimum wage on national and regional economy, H7122 [18JY]

——— report to Congress on benefits of standalone broadband Internet access and recommendations to increase availability of such access to rural consumers, H3182, H3183 [9AP]

——— report to Congress on importance of open Internet rules to vulnerable communities, H3182 [9AP]

——— submit report with recommendations on how the FCC can expand broadband Internet service in rural and underserved areas, H3231 [10AP]

Gee, Jan: Women Grocers of America (organization) Woman of the Year award recipient, H2677 [12MR]

General Motors Co.: labor strike by UAW members, H7823 [19SE], H8151 [16OC], H8231 [18OC]

Gettysburg, PA: anniversary of Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce, E1364 [29OC]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, H9159–H9161 [21NO]

Glove Wagon (business): Commerce City, CO, Business on the Move Award recipient, E336 [25MR]

Government: reimburse employees of the Federal Government, District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown (H.R. 1016), H1397 [7FE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 300), H3799 [15MY]

Green Bay, WI: anniversary of Broadway Mill, E501 [29AP]

——— anniversary of Schroeder’s Flowers (business), E1288 [16OC]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 109), H1488 [8FE], H2089–H2096 [25FE], H2298 [28FE], H2787–H2793 [25MR], H2799 [26MR], H3359 [1MY], H3846 [16MY], H10009 [10DE]

Greensburg, IN: tribute to Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC, H4776 [19JN]

Harry Grodsky & Co., Inc.: anniversary, E20 [8JA]

Hawley, Judy: Texas Transportation Hall of Honor nominee, E137 [6FE]

Health: ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal, H13 [3JA], H3527–H3529 [9MY]

——— ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (H.R. 692), H2958–H2960, H2962–H2967 [2AP]

——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (H.R. 1884), H2805, H2806, H2820, H2821 [26MR], H2835 [27MR], H2935 [1AP], H2946, H2947, H2968, H2976–H2980 [2AP], H3119 [8AP]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3502), H5175, H5176 [26JN]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3630), H7095 [18JY]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 4223), H7587 [10SE]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3715 [10MY], H3731 [14MY], H3800 [15MY], H3851, H3852, H3853–H3911, H3913 [16MY], H4123 [23MY], H4401 [11JN], H5085 [25JN], H5175 [26JN], H7693 [12SE], H9248 [4DE], E623 [17MY]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), consideration (H. Res. 377), H3801–H3813 [15MY]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), corrections in engrossment, H3911 [16MY]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), motion to recommit, H3908, H3909 [16MY]

——— use of technology to improve services and reduce costs of health care, H3062–H3064 [3AP], H4306–H4308 [4JN], H7828 [19SE], H8591–H8593 [29OC], H8873 [14NO], H9288–H9290 [5DE]

High Point, NC: anniversary of Business High Point-Chamber of Commerce, E889 [10JY]

Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissability of visa applicants (H.R. 3289), H7718 [17SE], H8117–H8124, H8140 [15OC]

——— issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (S. 1838), H9089–H9096 [20NO]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items to the Hong Kong Police Force (S. 2710), H9096–H9098 [20NO]

Hy-Vee, Inc.: Food Marketing Institute Community Outreach Award recipient, E1404 [8NO]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program (H.R. 1740), H2509 [7MR]

——— establish Guest Worker Program for agriculture, hospitality, and construction workers, H7824–H7826 [19SE]

——— implement a talent-based system, H1239 [28JA], H2229 [26FE]

——— modernize, develop and implement an online application system for the H–2A visa program, H393 [10JA]

——— permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (H.R. 2124), H3774 [14MY]

——— prohibit subjecting growers to private right of action in Federal court relative to reform of H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, H10093 [11DE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, H7824–H7826 [19SE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), H8835 [14NO], H8943 [18NO], H10025, H10044–H10082, H10093–H10096 [11DE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), consideration (H. Res. 758), H10033–H10042 [11DE]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), motion to recommit, H10093 [11DE]

Indian Business Association: tribute, E841 [26JN]

Indiana: tribute to Northwest Indiana Business and Industry Hall of Fame inductees, E584 [14MY]

Infrastructure Week: designate (H. Res. 380), H3772, H3773 [14MY]

——— observance, H3826 [15MY]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H4998 [20JN]

——— require health plan oversight of pharmacy benefit manager services (H.R. 5304), H10204 [12DE]

InterMetro Industries Corp.: Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association Manufacturer Product Innovation and Process Improvement Excellence Award recipient, E545 [7MY]

Interstate commerce: allow transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels (H.R. 5498), E1628 [19DE]

——— provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade (H.R. 5499), E1628 [19DE]

——— regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce by prohibiting imposition of sales taxes on individuals with no physical presence in the taxing State, H1998 [14FE]

IRS: prohibit seizures relative to structuring transactions unless the property seized is derived from illegal sources or funds were structured to conceal criminal violations and require notice and post-seizure hearings, H3165 [9AP]

Irwin Marine (business): anniversary, E313 [14MR]

——— inclusion in Boating Industry (publication) ‘‘Top 100 Boat Dealers’’ list, E313 [14MR]

Israel: allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, H1527 [13FE]

——— condemn the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, including efforts to target U.S. companies engaged in legal commercial activities, H3081, H3082 [4AP]

——— counter anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions, H4147 [23MY]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (H. Res. 246), H3088 [4AP], H7163, H7164, H7181–H7188, H7227, H7235 [23JY], H7253 [24JY], H7381, H7392–H7394, H7444, H7445 [25JY], H8049 [26SE], H9267 [5DE], H9300–H9302 [6DE], E972, E977, E980 [24JY]

——— report on congressional delegation trip, H8046–H8050 [26SE]

Jersey City, NJ: express condolences to families and victims of shooting at cemetery and Jersey City Kosher Supermarket, H10128 [12DE]

JJ Babbitt Co., Inc.: anniversary, E633 [20MY]

Johnstown, PA: tribute to Showcase for Commerce business trade show and defense contract exhibit, H4225 [4JN]

Kansas: impact and importance of aviation industry, H8912 [18NO]

Kansas City, MO: anniversary of Brookside Shopping District, E1076 [27AU]

——— anniversary of John Deere (company) office, E1501 [22NO]

——— tribute to Ripple Glass (business), E1398 [5NO]

Keystone Tailored Manufacturing LLC: planned closure of Brooklyn, OH, plant, H582 [15JA]

KLA Corp.: groundbreaking of new research and development facility in Ann Arbor, MI, E1248 [4OC]

Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L.: anniversary, E378 [1AP]

LA Aluminum Casting Co.: Dept. of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award recipient, E1407 [8NO]

Languages: increase use of multilingualism in business and signs to reflect increasing diversity of U.S. population, H8589 [29OC]

Lantinen, Christine: SBA Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, H4208 [3JN]

LeChase Construction Services, LLC: anniversary, E991 [25JY]

Leidos, Inc.: anniversary, E277 [8MR], E416 [8AP]

Lineage Logistics Co.: Commerce City, CO, Business on the Move Award recipient, E338 [25MR]

Lone Star Analysis (company): expansion and grand opening of new corporate headquarters in Addison, TX, E684 [30MY]

Lorain, OH: dedication of Don H. Barden Secondary Street, E1412 [8NO]

Magnolia Street Art Space (business): Commerce City, CO, Business on the Move Award recipient, E338 [25MR]

Major League Baseball: disapprove proposal to reduce number of minor league franchises, H8397 [23OC]

Marquez, Jesse and Becky: Commerce City, CO, Retail Investment Award recipients, E339 [25MR]

Mathew Hall Lumber Co.: tribute, H2107 [26FE]

Maud Borup, Inc.: tribute, H4208 [3JN]

McCaffrey’s Food Markets (company): Newtown, PA, Business Association Business of the Year award recipient, H2687 [13MR]

McCownGordon Construction, LLC: anniversary, E1432 [13NO]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (H.R. 1839), H2773–H2780, H2781 [25MR], H3224 [10AP], E354 [26MR]

Medicare: allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, H7997 [26SE]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (H.R. 1384), H2709–H2711 [13MR], H3309 [30AP], H4298 [4JN], H10009 [10DE]

——— negotiate prices of excessively costly life-sustaining prescription drugs (H.R. 5039), H8836 [14NO]

——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by requiring Pharmacy Benefit Managers to disclose aggregate rebates and what proportion of those rebates go to beneficiaries (H.R. 2115), H8516–H8519 [28OC], E1366 [29OC], E1383 [31OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to pay a rebate for certain drugs if the price of such drugs increases faster than inflation, H10134, H10201 [12DE]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D, H3658–H3661 [9MY]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (H.R. 1034), H8961 [19NO]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 275), H2379 [6MR]

Merchant Marine Act: impact on Hawaii, E1628 [19DE]

Mexico: promote economic partnership and cooperation with the U.S., particularly in areas of academic exchange, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure integration (H.R. 133), H430–H432 [10JA]

——— suspension of tariffs on imported goods due to agreement on immigration enforcement, H4385 [10JN], H4424 [11JN]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Arbetter Hot Dogs (business), E1274 [11OC]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), H1537–H1539 [13FE], H3431, H3432 [2MY], H3806 [15MY], H3930, H3954 [17MY], H4061 [21MY], H7129, H7130 [18JY], H7183, H7184, H7188, H7234 [23JY], H7382, H7392–H7394, H7444 [25JY], H9267, H9269 [5DE], H9300, H9305 [6DE]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), H3082, H3088 [4AP], H7183 [23JY]

Midwestern Mechanical, Inc.: tribute to apprenticeship program, H8884 [15NO]

Minimum wage: impact of increase on poverty and racial wage gap, H5817–H5823 [15JY]

——— impact of increase on work centers and community rehabilitation programs, H5993–H5996 [17JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), H1532 [13FE], H5307 [10JY], H5592 [11JY], H5766, H5767 [12JY], H5814, H5815, H5817–H5823 [15JY], H5832, H5833 [16JY], H5917, H5981, H5983 [17JY], H7095–H7128, H7130, H7132 [18JY], H7227 [23JY], H10080 [11DE], E953 [22JY], E966 [23JY], E981 [24JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), consideration (H. Res. 492), H5926–H5935 [17JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), motion to recommit, H7126 [18JY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, E1614 [18DE]

Moore, Denise: Bradley University Turner Center for Entrepreneurship Small Business Advocate of the Year recipient, E1273 [11OC]

Motor vehicles: tribute to international automakers, H7444 [25JY]

Mountain Home AFB, ID: transfer of rail spur to Mountain Home, ID, E1340 [23OC]

Muncie, IN: anniversary of Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, H8206 [17OC]

Muskingum Iron & Metal Co.: anniversary, E1118 [10SE]

Mytty, Trey: American Truck Dealers (organization) Dealer of the Year award recipient, H2653 [12MR]

Napa Valley Vintners (organization): anniversary, E72 [22JA]

National Academy of Medicine: study role of Federal funding and research in drug development, H3878 [16MY]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: tribute to annual RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill, E223 [27FE]

National Automated Clearing House Association: Virginia Business and Best Companies Group Best Places to Work in Virginia designee, E259 [6MR]

National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (organization): tribute, H5816 [15JY]

National Commission To Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment: establish (H.R. 4660), E1273 [11OC]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: observance, E1459 [18NO]

National Dairy Month: observance, H4393 [11JN], H5206 [27JN], E862 [27JN]

National Entrepreneurship Month: observance, H9102 [20NO]

National Football League: anniversary, E1623 [19DE]

National Forest Products Week: observance, H8528 [28OC]

National Logistics Day: designate, E861 [27JN]

National Service Organization Caucus: establish, H3240 [10AP]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3465 [7MY], H3552 [9MY], H3686 [10MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: observance, H8604 [30OC]

Native Americans: restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (H.R. 759), H7361–H7364 [24JY]

Navy: require adherence to competitive procedures to enable small and medium defense contractors to compete for contracts, H5659 [11JY]

——— state U.S. policy on minimum number of available battle force ships, E893 [10JY]

Nebraska: tribute to career and technical education programs, H2617 [11MR]

——— tribute to 3d Congressional District Young Entrepreneur Award recipients, E999 [25JY]

Nemjo, John: National Small Business Association Small Business Excellence Award recipient, E1018 [30JY]

New Mexico: tribute to organizations assisting furloughed workers and contractors during Federal Government shutdown, H1319 [30JA]

New York, NY: renaming of section of West 136th Street as Madam C.J. Walker Way, E928 [16JY]

News media: express importance of local print and digital journalism to the continued welfare, transparency, and prosperity of government at every level and the continuation and freedom of the U.S. (H. Res. 282), H2980–H2983 [2AP]

Newtown, PA: tribute to Bowen’s Barber Shop, H3307 [30AP]

Nexus Commercial Realty, LLC: Commerce City, CO, Business on the Move Award recipient, E339 [25MR]

NIST: allow State Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships to award grants to small and medium sized manufacturers for purposes of training new workers to replace departing experienced workers (H.R. 4877), H8549 [29OC]

——— anniversary of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, H2240 [27FE]

——— enable Manufacturing USA institutes to provide advanced workforce development to certain businesses, increase program funding, review funding process, and foster economic development goals (H.R. 2397), H7168–H7172 [23JY], E965 [23JY], E1013 [30JY]

NOAA: combine and transfer Office of Space Commerce and Office of Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs to Dept. of Commerce, H4885 [19JN], E832, E836 [25JN]

——— provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, H9993 [10DE]

North American Mature Publishers Association, Inc. (NAMPA): anniversary, E963 [23JY]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H4928 [20JN]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (H.R. 539), H2055–H2058 [25FE]

Nymbl Systems (company): inclusion in America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) (organization) Top Ten Small Businesses list, E172 [13FE]

OCuSoft, Inc.: tribute, E1435 [13NO]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (H.R. 2051), H9359–H9362, H9384 [9DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: develop plan to strengthen supply chain infrastructure within intelligence community, H5888 [16JY]

——— require report on Chinese repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang region to assess and identify financial and technological support by U.S. companies, H5904 [16JY]

——— submit report on national security threats posed by telecommunications companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of foreign adversaries, H5907 [16JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: tribute to ongoing role in identifying and reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, H4649 [13JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: ensure consistency in allowing exclusions for certain goods from tariffs under the Trade Act, H4885 [19JN]

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.: Commerce City, CO, Business of the Year Award recipient, E340 [25MR]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Toastmasters Founder’s District, E1065 [20AU]

OSHA: require promulgation of a final standard on workplace violence prevention for health care and social service workers following established rulemaking procedures, H9142, H9143 [21NO]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: allow Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning area to be included in a future five-year leasing plan, H7615, H7616 [11SE]

Owego, NY: anniversary of Tioga Chamber of Commerce, E187 [15FE]

Palmerton, PA: Joey B’s Bar and Restaurant recipient of Carbon Chamber & Economic Development Corp., Business of the Year Award, E1494 [21NO]

Parnagian family: Fresno State Ag One Foundation Community Salute honorees, E1510 [26NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers, H5931, H5962 [17JY]

——— establish Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market (H.R. 1425), H2947 [2AP]

——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces, H3862 [16MY]

——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces (H.R. 1385), H2275 [28FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 748), H5590 [11JY], H5766 [12JY], H5931, H5958–H5973 [17JY], E987 [25JY]

PDC Machines, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, H4440 [12JN]

Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association: anniversary, E547 [7MY]

Peterson’s Dairy, LLC: tribute to hosting of Oconto County, WI, Breakfast on the Farm, E708 [4JN]

Petoskey Plastics, Inc.: anniversary, E944 [18JY]

Pharmaceuticals: implement strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, H3464 [7MY], H3658–H3661 [9MY], H7094 [18JY], H8153 [16OC], H8303 [22OC]

——— prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market, H3800 [15MY], H3856 [16MY]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H3800 [15MY], H3856 [16MY]

——— prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from compensating other companies to delay entry of generic drugs, biosimilar biological products, or interchangeable biological products into the market (H.R. 2375), H3296 [29AP], H3455 [7MY]

Pocatello, ID: Construction Combine recipient of Idaho Career & Technical Education Special Program Award, E1299 [17OC]

Political campaigns: expand ban on foreign contributions and expenditures on U.S. elections to include purchasing advertisements on digital media or television, H2569 [7MR]

——— prohibit foreign nationals from influencing U.S. elections through political activities and contributions from shell companies, H8428 [23OC]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, H2383, H2401 [6MR]

Political science: assessment of socialism, H2652 [12MR], H2943 [2AP], H3247 [10AP], H3480 [8MY], H10022 [11DE], E411 [4AP]

——— assessment of socialism, capitalism, and the free market, H7132–H7134 [18JY], H10007–H10013 [10DE]

Power resources: transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5221), H9352 [9DE]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (H.R. 5142), H9126 [21NO]

Presidents of the U.S.: require Presidential candidates to develop ethics plans for transition teams, H2403 [6MR]

Privacy: limit warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons, H4718–H4720 [18JN]

Product safety: require greater notification to the public regarding product recalls (H.R. 5097), E1439 [14NO]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: establish a whistleblower program (H.R. 3625), H7800–H7803 [19SE]

Public debt: reduce the national debt and increase gross domestic product, H8872 [14NO]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (H.R. 3459), H7228 [23JY]

Putin, Vladimir: strengthen U.S. response to Russian interference by providing transparency on financial assets and hidden shell company ownership (H.R. 1404), H2662–H2664 [12MR]

Rachel Carson Council, Inc.: report on wood pellets, Enviva Partners, LP, and environmental justice, E159 [11FE]

ResMed Inc.: San Diego, CA, Region Regional Economic Development Corp., Duane Roth Renaissance Award recipient, H3309 [30AP]

Resnick, Lynda: Bakersfield College Foundation Individual Philanthropist of the Year Award recipient, E324 [21MR]

Resnick, Stewart: Bakersfield College Foundation Individual Philanthropist of the Year Award recipient, E330 [21MR]

Reston, VA: tribute to Cornerstones, Inc., and Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Best of Reston Awards for Community Service recipients, E747 [11JN]

Rolls-Royce Corp.: tribute, H8206 [17OC]

Round Rock, TX: tribute to Dell, Inc., facility, E934 [17JY]

Ryley, Daniel: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Arvada Young Professional Leadership Award recipient, E411 [4AP]

San Diego, CA: tribute to Northgate Markets, E728 [10JN]

Save the Internet Act: clarify impact on Internet Tax Freedom Act provisions, H3237, H3238 [10AP]

SBA: Boots to Business Program funding, H5659, H5696 [11JY]

——— establish Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (H.R. 4387), H8277, H8278 [21OC]

——— increase amount that certain banks and savings associations may invest in small business investment companies, subject to the approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency (H.R. 116), H522–H524 [14JA]

——— Small Business Development Centers funding, H5188 [26JN]

——— specify what credit is given for certain subcontractors and provide a dispute process for non-payment to subcontractors (H.R. 227), H271–H273 [8JA]

——— support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserves by making certain loan programs more accessible (H.R. 3661), H8800–H8802 [13NO]

——— Veterans Business Outreach Centers funding, H5186, H5188 [26JN]

SEC: allow use of funds to ensure that shareholders of corporations have knowledge of corporation political activity, H2533, H2534 [7MR]

——— amend definition of whistleblower (H.R. 2515), H5276–H5278 [9JY]

——— apply investor testing requirements only to applicable disclosure documents developed after a certain date, H8218, H8219 [17OC]

——— carry out a study to evaluate issues affecting provision of and reliance upon investment research into small issuers (H.R. 2919), H5282, H5283 [9JY]

——— clarify certain terms related to securities trading and provide for a explicit personal benefit test for trying insider trading cases, H9275, H9276 [5DE]

——— clarify that the term ‘‘retail investor’’ does not mean an institutional investor, H8219, H8220 [17OC]

——— exempt companies from requirement to disclose total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees if they are required to make chief executive officer pay ratio or conflict minerals disclosures, H8238, H8239 [18OC]

——— exempt Form CRS from investor testing requirements, H8216, H8217 [17OC]

——— extend certain exemptions and reduced disclosure requirements for companies that were emerging growth companies and would continue to be emerging growth companies if not for certain restrictions (H.R. 4918), H9161 [21NO]

——— include specific consideration of unique challenges senior investors face as part of overall investor testing, H8217, H8218 [17OC]

——— limit prosecutions of insider trading to people who use wrongful nonpublic information to profit, H9276, H9277 [5DE]

——— prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (H.R. 2534), H9271–H9279 [5DE]

——— prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information to prevent insider trading (H.R. 2534), consideration (H. Res. 739), H9230–H9235 [4DE]

——— repeal rule making open market stock repurchases by public companies easier and require percentage of company boards to be picked by employees (H.R. 3355), E791 [19JN]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), H8209–H8222 [17OC]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8154–H8157 [16OC]

——— require conduct of investor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail investors, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail investors (H.R. 1815), corrections in engrossment, H8224 [17OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), H8233–H8242 [18OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8154–H8157 [16OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees if it is considered material information for investors, H8239, H8240 [18OC]

——— require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (H.R. 5084), H8927–H8929 [18NO]

——— study rule 10b5-1 trading plans relative to the definition of insider trading (H.R. 624), H1221–H1223 [28JA]

——— study the 10 per centum threshold limitation applicable to the definition of a diversified company (H.R. 3050), H5283–H5285 [9JY]

Senate: make technical corrections to computation of average pay for certain Senate restaurant employees (S. 1436), H3911 [16MY]

73 & Main (restaurant): Cabarrus, NC, Regional Chamber of Commerce New Business of the Year Award recipient, E146 [7FE]

Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws (H.R. 5500), E1628 [19DE]

——— require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on vessels documented under U.S. laws, H4304 [4JN]

——— require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on vessels documented under U.S. laws (H.R. 3829), H7228 [23JY]

——— require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on vessels documented under U.S. laws (H.R. 5893), H3471 [7MY]

Social Security: impact of labor force participation on solvency, H3469–H3472 [7MY]

Solberg, Trig: National Grocers Association Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award recipient, E459 [12AP]

SOS International LLC: anniversary, E1508 [26NO]

South Carolina: tribute to efforts to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean and renewable energy, H7997 [26SE]

St. Cloud State University: Minnesota Central Regional Small Business Development Center recipient of SBA Minnesota Small Business Development Center of Excellence award, H2107 [26FE]

Statesville Brick Co.: anniversary, E1172 [18SE], E1183 [19SE]

Steffens Dairy Farm, LLC: tribute to hosting of Outagamie County, WI, Breakfast on the Farm, E701 [4JN]

Sterling, IL: Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce recipient of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Five-Star Accreditation, E80 [23JA]

Strata-G, LLC: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award recipient, E1593 [16DE]

Sudak, Michael: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Image Award recipient, E412 [4AP]

Sugar Land, TX: anniversary of Classic Chevrolet dealership, H2343 [5MR]

Surack, Chuck: Indiana Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E1531 [4DE]

Tactical and Survival Specialties, Inc.: Dept. of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award recipient, H8777 [12NO]

Taiwan: reaffirm U.S. commitment to Taiwan and to implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act (H. Res. 273), H3457–H3458 [7MY]

Tanco Lumber, LLC: Table Rock Lake, MO, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year recipient, E1410 [8NO]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H2508 [7MR], H3334 [30AP], H3470 [7MY], H4074, H4112 [22MY], H5312 [10JY], H5588 [11JY], H8591 [29OC], H9263, H9288 [5DE]

Taxation: allow for a credit against tax for retailers to incentivize sale of safe firearm storage devices (H.R. 4926), H8707 [31OC]

——— allow tax credit for employers providing student loan payment assistance for employees (H.R. 655), H1234 [28JA]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible, H7454–H7457 [25JY]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), H3953 [17MY], H4124–H4149, H4150 [23MY], H5310 [10JY], E664, E666 [23MY], E679 [28MY]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), consideration (H. Res. 389), H4024–H4031 [21MY]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), corrections in engrossment, H4149 [23MY]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), motion to recommit, H4147 [23MY]

——— ensure that bonds used to finance professional sports stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds (H.R. 2446), E518 [1MY]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (H.R. 2089), H4776 [19JN]

——— increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (H.R. 2541), H3468 [7MY], E552 [7MY]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and allow an exemption from an employer’s employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit (H.R. 5250), H10028 [11DE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (H.R. 510), H3469 [7MY]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (H.R. 1725), E295 [13MR]

——— provide a credit to businesses that develop or expand virtual apprenticeship programs for elementary and secondary school students (H.R. 4286), H7872 [24SE]

——— provide a credit to small employers providing an eligible automatic contribution arrangement under a retirement savings plan, H4028 [21MY]

——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (H.R. 1508), E244 [5MR]

——— provide for periodic designation of qualified opportunity zones, H354 [9JA]

——— provide permanent disaster tax relief, H10599 [17DE]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (H.R. 1869), H9071 [20NO], H10311 [17DE]

Taylor County, KY: anniversary of Amazon.com, Inc., SDF1 Fulfillment Center, E694 [3JN]

Taylorsville, NC: opening of Borealis AG plant, H3552 [9MY]

Telecommunications: require greater transparency in fees and services from cable and Internet providers, H2327 [5MR]

——— require phone, cable, and Internet providers to include all charges in the prices they advertise for service and provide remedies for consumers that have been wrongfully charged, E1577 [11DE]

Telescope Casual Furniture, Inc.: International Casual Furnishings Association Manufacturer Leadership Award recipient, E1184 [19SE]

Tennessee: impact of investment by international automobile makers, H8061 [27SE]

Terre Haute, IN: anniversary of Terre Haute Savings Bank, E1532 [4DE]

Terrorism: urge social media companies to remove terrorist content, H4230 [4JN]

Timber Innovation Day: observance, H8528 [28OC]

Tri Global Energy LLC: anniversary, H12287 [19DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to economic policies, H7747 [17SE], H8913 [18NO]

——— evaluation of administration relative to foreign trade, H582 [15JA], H7998 [26SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to lack of compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution while serving as President, H1558 [13FE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to the economy, H1274 [29JA], H1432 [7FE], H3455, H3464 [7MY]

——— evaluation of climate change policies, H1397 [7FE], H7819–H7824 [19SE]

——— impeachment, H2373 [6MR], H2652 [12MR], H8787, H8789 [13NO]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns, H1293 [30JA], H3137 [9AP]

——— take certain actions relative to personal business holdings to ensure compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution while serving as President, H5183 [26JN], H8264 [21OC]

Tyson, John W.: Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductee, H2265 [27FE]

Tyson Foods, Inc.: tribute to 50th Upward Academy, H7913 [25SE], E1161 [17SE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: recognize that U.S. cities, States, and businesses are stepping up and pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake of absent Federal leadership, H3394, H3395 [1MY]

U.S. Export Finance Agency: emphasize outreach to tribal export businesses and submit report on efforts to increase awareness of services available to Indian tribes and support for tribal export businesses, H8860 [14NO]

——— limit financial assistance for Chinese state-owned enterprises, H8899–H8901 [15NO]

——— prohibit assistance to foreign state-owned entities if the foreign governments are found not to be cooperating with U.S. to prevent synthetic opioid trafficking, H8864, H8865 [14NO]

——— report on communities and workers impacted by programs, H8893 [15NO]

——— require inclusion and diversity training to ensure employees understand specific challenges facing minority- and women-owned businesses, H8887, H8888 [15NO]

——— submit annual report to Congress about activities in economically disadvantaged regions, H8865, H8866 [14NO]

——— support exports in electric battery vehicles, batteries for electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, H8867, H8868 [14NO]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): impact on the economy, H7549 [9SE]

——— impact on workers’ rights, H5591 [11JY]

——— implement (H.R. 5430), H12221–H12269, H12285 [19DE], E1619 [19DE], E1641 [23DE]

——— implement (H.R. 5430), unanimous-consent agreement, H10269 [16DE]

——— postpone impeachment inquiry until after ratification, H8311, H8312 [22OC]

——— ratify, H2629 [11MR], H3089, H3090 [4AP], H3464 [7MY], H3773 [14MY], H4017 [21MY], H4339 [5JN], H5011, H5025 [21JN], H5085 [25JN], H5198 [26JN], H5273 [9JY], H5591 [11JY], H5767, H5768 [12JY], H5815 [15JY], H7235 [23JY], H7248 [24JY], H7564 [10SE], H7605, H7658–H7662 [11SE], H7691, H7695 [12SE], H7757 [18SE], H7840, H7853, H7854 [20SE], H7870 [24SE], H7995, H7998 [26SE], H8206 [17OC], H8265 [21OC], H8393, H8397 [23OC], H8464 [28OC], H8543 [29OC], H8706 [31OC], H8815 [13NO], H8829 [14NO], H8904 [15NO], H8911 [18NO], H8966, H9042, H9043 [19NO], H9061, H9062, H9065, H9104 [20NO], H9226 [4DE], H9334 [6DE], H9351 [9DE], H9955 [10DE], H10024 [11DE], H10226 [12DE], H10603 [17DE]

UL LLC: anniversary, E333 [21MR]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: anniversary of Kenan-Flagler Business School, E1509 [26NO]

University of Pittsburgh Johnstown: tribute to PITTchFEST event, H5080 [25JN]

Vascugenix, LLC: tribute, H5084 [25JN]

Venezuela: call for release of detained CITGO Petroleum Corp., executives, H8140 [15OC]

Vienna, VA: tribute to Vienna Business Association Board of Directors, E275 [8MR]

Vienna Business Association: tribute to incoming Board of Directors, E423 [8AP]

Village at Belmar (business): West Metro Chamber (organization) Large Business of the Year Award recipient, E134 [5FE]

Vinh Long Import-Export Manufacturing Co.: tribute to new facility in Morrilton, AR, H9161 [21NO]

Virginia: selection of southern Virginia as Microsoft Corp., TechSpark community, H3349 [1MY]

Wachs, Chad: Golden, CO, Mayor’s Award for Excellence recipient, E1389 [31OC]

Wall family: Twin Cities Business (publication) Minnesota Family Business Award recipients, H8788 [13NO]

West Peoria, IL: anniversary of Haddad’s West Peoria Market, E173 [13FE]

Whiting, Vanessa: Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation Black Professional of the Year Award recipient, H8600 [30OC]

Wick’s Pies, Inc.: anniversary, H7758 [18SE]

Wildfires: provide assistance to winegrape growers whose crops were tainted by smoke, H652 [16JA]

Wilson, Representative Joe: bus tour of 2d Congressional District of South Carolina, H7550 [9SE]

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day: observance, E1472 [19NO]

Wood: accelerate use of wood in buildings, especially tall wood buildings, H8528 [28OC]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to women who joined the workforce to provide vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war and were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ (H.R. 1773), H8789, H8809–H8811 [13NO], E345 [25MR]

Wynn, Michael: Collier County, FL, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E880 [9JY]

Yakima, WA: anniversary of Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, H8115 [15OC]

York, PA: York County Economic Alliance promotion of opportunity zones in York County, H7891 [24SE]

Zippo Manufacturing Co.: Made in America Product Showcase honoree, H5925 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, S3814 [19JN]

Aerospace Industries Association: anniversary (S. Res. 314), S5512 [17SE]

Agriculture: impact of tariffs, S5503 [17SE], S6844, S6845 [4DE]

Agriculture Improvement Act: impact, S1507 [27FE]

AID: improve programs and activities relating to women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, S1839 [13MR]

Air Force: recognize contributions of those responsible for operating and maintaining Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation and importance of its continuous availability, accuracy, reliability, and resiliency (S. Res. 216), S3012 [21MY]

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, S5551 [18SE]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: anniversary (S. Res. 203), S2793 [13MY]

Alaska: impact of natural resource development, S1688 [6MR]

Alden Global Capital (company): impact of bid to purchase Gannett Co., Inc., on freedom and viability of small-market newspapers, S1176 [12FE]

Arkansas: tribute to Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductees, S1127 [7FE]

——— tribute to Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame inductees, S5244 [31JY]

Armed Forces: provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses and improve portability of occupational licenses from State to State for military spouses, S4494 [25JN], S6532 [13NO], S7022 [12DE]

Aviation Maintenance Technician Day: observance, S3101 [23MY]

Bangor, ME: anniversary of General Electric Power facility, S3650 [18JN]

Bankruptcy: address reorganization of small businesses (H.R. 3311), S5321 [1AU]

——— include claims for unfunded vested benefits in defined benefit pension plan as administrative expenses (S. 1486), S2889 [15MY]

Barr, William P.: suitability to be Attorney General relative to views on surveillance authority and warrantless searching of collections of communications of U.S. persons, S254–S256 [16JA]

BBQGuys.com (business): tribute, S2510 [30AP], S2763 [9MY]

Beau Ties, Ltd.: tribute, S2426 [11AP]

Bernhardt, David: suitability to be Sec. of the Interior relative to connections to the oil industry and views on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and offshore drilling, S2412 [11AP]

BioLogiQ, Inc.: tribute, S5358 [9SE]

Brunow Contracting, LLC: tribute, S2768 [9MY]

Burlington, VT: anniversary of Skirack (business), S6601 [14NO]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (S. Res. 79), S1495, S1496 [26FE]

CFTC and SEC: modify whistleblower incentives and protections (S. 2529), S5907 [21OC]

China: address violations of U.S. intellectual property rights, S878 [6FE], S1413 [25FE], S1499 [27FE], S1557 [28FE], S1610 [4MR], S1638 [5MR], S1720 [7MR], S1751 [11MR], S1782 [12MR], S1810 [13MR]

——— assessment as threat relative to military capability, unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual property, and human rights violations, S6501–S6503 [12NO]

——— assessment of U.S. trade policy, S877–S879 [6FE], S2168 [2AP], S2317–S2319 [9AP], S3039–S3041 [22MY], S5456 [12SE], S6231 [29OC]

——— condemn human rights practices and unfair trade policies, S4785 [11JY], S5208 [31JY]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies, S6617 [18NO], S7178 [19DE]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies (S. Con. Res. 10), S5647 [24SE]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies (S. Con. Res. 10), unanimous-consent request, S5647 [24SE]

——— recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies, S5129 [29JY], S5456 [12SE]

——— role of trade war in efforts to supplant U.S. and its free enterprise system as world’s dominant economic power, S5624–S5626 [23SE]

——— U.S. policy, S3175 [4JN]

Climate: assessment of Chinese efforts to address climate change, S5687 [25SE]

——— effects of climate change, S2536 [1MY], S2753 [9MY], S6648 [19NO], S6849–S6851 [4DE], S7121 [17DE]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry, corporations, and trade associations to impede climate protection efforts and call for corporate political action to demand climate change legislation, S2703–S2705 [7MY], S3187 [4JN], S6291–S6293 [30OC]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry to deny and discredit science behind climate change, S207 [15JA], S1316 [13FE], S1559 [28FE], S1653 [5MR], S2364 [10AP], S2982–S2984 [20MY], S3336 [12JN], S5045 [24JY], S5173, S5175 [30JY], S6649 [19NO], S6850 [4DE], S6997 [11DE], S7121 [17DE]

——— impact of climate change on fishing industry, S4499–S4501 [25JN]

——— impact of climate change on Louisiana, S2506–S2509 [30AP]

——— impact of climate change on national security, S1943–S1946 [25MR]

——— impact of climate change on the economy, S5045 [24JY], S5075 [25JY], S5382–S5384 [10SE], S6996 [11DE]

Colorado: tribute to efforts to combat climate change, S6440–S6442 [6NO]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): hearing on aviation safety and the future of Boeing’s 737 Max, S6287 [30OC]

——— hearing to address distribution of violent and extremist content on the Internet, S5652 [24SE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): accomplishments, S7012, S7013, S7014 [12DE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): formation of bipartisan task forces to examine expiring tax provisions, S2905, S2906 [16MY]

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on investigation into Equifax, Inc., data breach (S. Res. 139), S2204 [2AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S13–S17 [3JA]

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (S. 1434), S7229 [19DE]

Consumers: increase efforts to prevent online sale of counterfeit goods, S6494 [12NO]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (S. 1273), S5668 [24SE]

Corporations: prohibit large employers from buying back stock unless it meets certain condidtions relative to investing in their employees and communities, S1163 [11FE]

——— prohibit large employers from buying back stock unless it meets certain conditions relative to investing in their employees and communities, S819 [4FE], S1449 [26FE], S1771 [12MR], S2205 [2AP], S3354–S3356 [12JN]

Courts: decision in Donald J. Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP and Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives relative to the release of President Trump’s Federal income tax returns, S6583 [14NO]

——— efforts of special interest groups to influence Federal courts, S3033–S3035 [22MY], S3336 [12JN]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (S. 610), S5864 [17OC]

Credit: require consumer reporting agencies to obtain a consumer’s authorization to release certain personal information and prevent unauthorized access to consumer reports and personal information (S. 2685), S6094 [23OC]

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, S1666 [5MR]

Darn Tough (company): tribute, S3044 [22MY]

DEA: report certain information on distribution of opioids to assist in identifying suspicious orders and hold manufacturers and distributors accountable who fail to report and stop suspicious orders (S. 3070), S7116 [17DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3155 [3JN], S4522 [25JN], S4746 [10JY], S4780 [11JY]

Dept. of Commerce: assess and analyze effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy (S. 1289), S3267 [5JN]

——— establish a task force in the International Trade Administration to identify countervailable subsidies and dumping (S. 564), S1746 [7MR]

——— provide for interagency coordination on risk mitigation in communications equipment and services marketplace and its supply chain (S. 1457), S2866 [15MY]

——— release of report relative to investigation into national security effects of automotive imports, S1358 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: assess failed financial audit and improve financial accountability, S6880 [5DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on inclusion of Defending America’s 5G Future Act provisions (S. Res. 331), S5681, S5691, S5692 [25SE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), instruct conferees on paid family leave (S. Res. 336), S5681, S5691, S5694, S5695 [25SE]

Dept. of Education: improve career and technical education, S2029–S2031 [27MR]

——— improve oversight and accountability of colleges and universities, particularly for-profit colleges, protect students and borrowers, and ensure integrity of postsecondary education programs, S6684 [20NO]

——— improve oversight and accountability of colleges and universities, particularly for-profit colleges, protect students and borrowers, and ensure integrity of postsecondary education programs (S. 867), S2180–S2182 [2AP]

——— investigate role of officials in assisting for-profit colleges operated by Dream Center Education Holdings, LLC, to obtain accreditation, S5301–S5303 [1AU]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S731 [29JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish program for research, development, and demonstration of commercially viable technologies for capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power (S. 1685), S4837 [16JY], S6870 [5DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an annual reference price for insulin products for purposes of Federal health programs (S. 2817), S6479 [7NO]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), S5587 [19SE], S5619 [23SE], S5636 [24SE], S5716 [26SE], S5934 [22OC], S6205 [29OC], S6271 [30OC], S6523 [13NO], S6958 [11DE], S7037 [16DE]

——— establish reference prices for prescription drugs and require drug companies to offer drugs at such prices as condition of participation in Federal health programs (S. 1987), S4569 [26JN]

——— mitigate drug shortages by prioritizing review of new drug applications, inspections, and reasons for shortages and assess national security threats associated with drug and ingredient shortages (S. 2723), S6245 [29OC]

——— require pharmacies and insurance companies to improve transparency of prescription drug costs and prohibit drug manufacturers from charging U.S. consumers more for drugs than certain foreign customers (S. 977), S4754 [10JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: proposed rule to update and reform EB–5 Visa Program, S4838 [16JY], S5036 [24JY]

Dept. of Justice: indictments against Huawei Technologies Co., for alleged financial fraud, intellectual property theft, and violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran, S726 [29JA]

——— urge technology companies to provide access to law enforcement to encrypted devices and applications during investigations, S4988 [23JY]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 1517), S2928 [16MY]

——— defend and enforce final rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay, S1872 [14MR]

——— increase minimum salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay and provide for periodic updates of such threshold (S. 1786), S4523 [25JN], S4938 [18JY]

——— revision of final rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay, S5686 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish business incubators program to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities (S. 294), S4652 [27JN]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), S5648 [24SE]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean (S. 1318), S2619 [2MY]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), S5648 [24SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: decision to impose sanctions against Venezuelan state-owned oil firm, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), S691 [28JA]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (H.J. Res. 30), unanimous-consent request, S288, S289 [17JA]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), S27 [4JA], S168 [14JA], S189, S192, S193, S205, S208 [15JA], S233–S236 [16JA], S731 [29JA]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), motion to proceed, S198–S202 [15JA]

——— disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S197 [15JA]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, S6576 [13NO]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), S4893, S4894 [17JY], S5949 [22OC], S7165, S7166 [18DE], S7170 [19DE]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (S. 2254), S5783, S5784 [15OC], S5809, S5814, S5815 [16OC], S5871 [17OC], S6222 [29OC], S6317 [31OC]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (S. 2254), unanimous-consent request, S5814 [16OC]

Dept. of Transportation: aviation safety and aircraft certification activities funding, S6218 [29OC]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase passenger rail cars or buses from China and require rail transit operators to develop and execute a plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks (S. 846), S2348 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procurement practices (S. 341), S6592 [14NO]

Dickson, Stephen M.: suitability to be FAA Administrator relative to handling of a pilot safety complaint during tenure as a Delta Airlines, Inc., executive, S4987, S5007 [23JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, S1766 [11MR]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), S4602 [27JN]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (S. 788), S3333–S3335 [12JN]

Drugs: address rising cost of insulin, S1639 [5MR], S4761–S4764 [10JY]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), S6959 [11DE]

——— prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurers from receiving rebates for insulin products for which the manufacturer has complied with list price reduction requirements and require certain deductible waivers (S. 2199), S5158 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose contributions to patient advocacy organizations and other health care organizations that engage in lobbying, S5127 [29JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug, S1865 [14MR], S2733 [8MY], S3177 [4JN], S6418 [6NO], S6459 [7NO], S6498 [12NO], S6521, S6522 [13NO]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S6209 [29OC]

Economy: impact of tariffs, S3226, S3229, S3231 [5JN]

——— impact of tax cuts, S5092 [25JY]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S6961 [11DE]

——— increase labor force participation rates, S3463–S3466 [13JN]

——— promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, S3470 [13JN]

——— promote economic growth, support the coal industry, and oppose excessive regulations, S4924 [18JY]

——— revitalize the middle class, S2848–S2850 [15MY], S5733 [26SE]

——— status, S818 [4FE], S845 [5FE], S1163 [11FE], S1557 [28FE], S1638 [5MR], S1772 [12MR], S2066 [28MR], S2204 [2AP], S2247 [4AP], S2351, S2358–S2362 [10AP], S2504 [30AP], S2546–S2551, S2558–S2560 [1MY], S2597 [2MY], S2625, S2626 [6MY], S2662, S2668 [7MY], S2708, S2725–S2728 [8MY], S2752, S2755 [9MY], S3354 [12JN], S4526 [26JN], S4705 [9JY], S4746 [10JY], S4829 [16JY], S5292 [1AU], S6844 [4DE]

Education: importance of career and technical education programs, S2559 [1MY]

Elections: expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts, S6744 [21NO]

——— expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (S. 1060), S2503 [30AP], S4709 [9JY], S6796 [3DE], S6930–S6933 [10DE]

——— expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (S. 1060), unanimous-consent request, S6931 [10DE]

——— require information sharing relative to ownership of election service providers (S. 823), S2601 [2MY]

Empire Airlines: tribute, S5193 [30JY]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (S. 485), S3631 [18JN]

——— expand use of E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (S. 556), S1780 [12MR]

EPA: proposed rule adjusting the renewable fuel standard program fuel percentages calculations, S6631 [19NO]

——— reform renewable fuel standard program, S5617 [23SE], S6579 [14NO]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, S4531 [26JN], S5172, S5173 [30JY]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (S. 383), S1497 [27FE], S1690 [6MR], S1788 [12MR], S1822, S1823 [13MR], S2028 [27MR], S4538 [26JN]

——— support Kigali Treaty relative to reduction of manufacture and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), S889 [6FE], S1563 [28FE]

——— urge continued monitoring around the Willowbrook, IL, Sterigenics U.S. LLC facility for ethylene oxide emissions, S1182 [12FE]

Europe: reduce reliance on Russian energy resources through energy security cooperation and expediting U.S. natural gas exports and impose sanctions on development of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (S. 1830), S3812 [19JN]

European Union: proposed tax on digital services provided by U.S.-based multinational corporations, S1116 [7FE]

Eximbank: abolish, S2660 [7MY]

——— importance to the economy, S2662 [7MY], S2709 [8MY]

——— reform, S2669–S2671 [7MY], S2737 [8MY]

F.O. Bailey Co.: anniversary, S5390 [10SE]

Facebook, Inc.: proposed development of cryptocurrency, S4894 [17JY]

FCC: extend certain expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (S. 2789), S6645 [19NO]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (S. 151), S2298 [9AP], S3073–S3077, S3082–S3084 [23MY]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (S. 151), House amendment, S6868 [5DE], S7015 [12DE], S7126 [18DE], S7176, S7177 [19DE]

——— increase existing penalties for provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and extend statute of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such violations (S. 2147), S4912 [17JY]

——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (S. 1822), S7178–S7180 [19DE]

——— provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum, S6219, S6220 [29OC], S6642 [19NO], S6878 [5DE]

——— provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum and deposit proceeds in a Digital Divide Trust Fund to be used for rural broadband, public safety, education, and health care (S. 2956), S7129 [18DE]

——— provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum (S. 2921), S7129 [18DE]

——— require broadband Internet service providers to clearly notify users of privacy policies and give users approval rights relative to disclosure and use of collected user information (S. 1116), S2409 [11AP], S2865 [15MY], S4932 [18JY], S5652 [24SE], S6941 [10DE], S7002 [12DE]

——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (S. 273), S770 [30JA], S2899 [16MY]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), S2458 [11AP], S2490 [29AP], S3302–S3305 [11JN], S3358 [12JN]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), unanimous-consent request, S3304, S3305 [11JN]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (S. 682), S1715 [6MR], S6911, S6912, S6916–S6918 [10DE]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (S. 682), unanimous-consent request, S6917, S6918 [10DE]

——— review authorizations of certain Chinese telecommunications companies operating in the U.S., S5487 [16SE]

——— streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (S. 1699), S3173 [4JN], S6413 [6NO], S6830 [4DE], S7126 [18DE]

FDA: hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic, S4883–S4885 [17JY]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a generic drug to come to market by curbing patent manipulation by brand name drug manufacturers (S. 1209), S2854–S2856 [15MY]

——— increase reporting transparency and accountability relative to user fees, S6945 [10DE]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market, S2716 [8MY], S4755 [10JY], S5158 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (S. 340), S868, S873 [5FE], S875 [6FE], S2366 [10AP], S2868, S2872 [15MY], S4753 [10JY], S5177 [30JY]

——— proposal to ban sale of menthol cigarettes, S257–S259 [16JA], S781–S785 [31JA]

——— require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition, S5158 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

——— require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition (S. 659), S1752–S1754 [11MR], S2252 [4AP], S2872 [15MY]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are subjects of sudden price hikes (S. 366), S1501 [27FE]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower protection (S. 2315), S5218 [31JY]

——— guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown, S6212–S6216 [29OC]

——— guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (S. 162), S675 [25JA], S688 [28JA], S725 [29JA], S903–S907 [6FE], S1290 [13FE], S1350, S1351 [14FE]

——— OMB delay of implementation of law prohibiting using or contracting with an entity that uses certain telecommunications services or equipment, S3302 [11JN]

Financial institutions: reform living will process, S2373–S2375 [10AP]

Firearms: prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers (S. 1924), S5521 [17SE]

——— prohibit purchase or sale of a firearm or ammunition unless through a federally licensed dealer, S5554 [18SE]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 1186), S5510, S5523 [17SE]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale, S1449, S1451 [26FE], S2847 [15MY]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), S1512–S1514 [27FE], S1557, S1605 [28FE], S1633 [4MR], S1728 [7MR], S3027, S3028 [22MY], S3145 [3JN], S3225 [5JN], S3311 [11JN], S3333 [12JN], S3817–S3822 [19JN], S4134, S4161 [20JN], S5130 [29JY], S5349 [9SE], S5374 [10SE], S5416, S5418, S5422–S5427 [11SE], S5455 [12SE], S5487 [16SE], S5500, S5509, S5510, S5513–S5530, S5533, S5537 [17SE], S5553 [18SE], S5587, S5589 [19SE], S5718 [26SE], S6372 [5NO], S6583–S6586 [14NO], S6664 [19NO], S6695 [20NO]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6584 [14NO]

——— require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements relative to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises (S. 320), S5521 [17SE]

Foreign countries: address threats to federally-funded research from foreign governments, S3299 [11JN]

Foreign policy: assessment of U.S. trade policy, S1112–S1115 [7FE], S1858 [14MR], S3039–S3041 [22MY]

Foreign trade: facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S1112 [7FE], S2317 [9AP]

——— limit Presidential authority to modify duty rates for national security reasons and limit authority of the U.S. Trade Representative to impose certain duties or import restrictions (S. 899), S2048 [27MR]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S1113 [7FE], S2317 [9AP]

——— require congressional approval before the President can adjust imports in the interest of national security, S6375 [5NO]

——— require congressional approval before the President can adjust imports in the interest of national security (S. 287), S1164 [11FE], S6376 [5NO]

14th Star Brewing Co.: tribute, S7151 [18DE]

FRS: impact of financial industry deregulation, S4894 [17JY]

FTC: deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar and foster competition and facilitate review of drug petitions filed in good faith (S. 1224), S2868 [15MY], S4488 [25JN], S4710 [9JY], S5177 [30JY]

——— eliminate common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies in order to allow investigation of companies that enable illegal robocalling (S. 2349), S5252 [31JY]

——— extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections, S4789 [11JY]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (S. 1416), S2870 [15MY], S3180 [4JN], S4488 [25JN], S4762, S4763 [10JY], S5009 [23JY], S5506 [17SE], S6217 [29OC], S6272 [30OC], S6368 [5NO], S6459 [7NO], S6497 [12NO], S6520–S6524, S6527 [13NO], S6640 [19NO], S6742 [21NO]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (S. 1416), unanimous-consent request, S6521–S6523 [13NO], S6967, S6968 [11DE]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (S. 2008), S4631 [27JN]

——— require entities that use, store, or share personal information to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments (S. 1108), S2389 [10AP]

——— require large Internet platforms to notify users of use of algorithms that filter what information is shown and allow users to opt out of curated content (S. 2763), S6367 [5NO], S7126 [18DE]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (S. 1227), S4488 [25JN], S4753 [10JY], S5177 [30JY]

FuelCell Energy, Inc.: anniversary, S1894 [14MR]

Gagner, Steve: SBA Vermont Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S7151 [18DE]

General Motors Co.: labor strike by UAW members, S5489 [16SE], S5594 [19SE]

——— layoff of employees at Lordstown, OH, plant and relocation of jobs to Mexico, S1666 [5MR], S1872 [14MR], S5489 [16SE], S5594 [19SE]

Gottlieb, Scott: assessment of tenure as FDA Commissioner, S2321 [9AP]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S. Res. 59), S1178, S1190 [12FE], S1348 [14FE], S1469 [26FE], S1546–S1550 [27FE], S1558, S1561 [28FE], S1611 [4MR], S1637 [5MR], S1686, S1688, S1689, S1699–S1701 [6MR], S1820, S1822–S1824 [13MR], S1889 [14MR], S5646 [24SE]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), S1316, S1336 [13FE], S1337, S1342–S1344, S1348 [14FE], S1468, S1470, S1471 [26FE], S1497–S1501, S1519 [27FE], S1556, S1557, S1559–S1563 [28FE], S1635, S1637 [5MR], S1671–S1674, S1680–S1692, S1711 [6MR], S1718 [7MR], S1749 [11MR], S1788 [12MR], S1808, S1811, S1816 [13MR], S2536 [1MY], S2895 [16MY], S2987 [21MY], S3021 [22MY], S4924 [18JY], S6869 [5DE]

——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), motion to proceed, S1882 [14MR], S1921, S1922, S1926–S1931, S1946 [25MR], S1949–S1975, S1981, S1989–S1991 [26MR], S2011, S2014–S2017, S2021, S2026–S2029 [27MR], S2063 [28MR]

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.: anniversary, S7047 [16DE]

Hazelett Corp.: anniversary, S7151 [18DE]

Health: condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and safeguard patient protections, S4764, S4765 [10JY]

——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans, S6688 [20NO]

——— lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (S. 1895), S4710 [9JY], S4752, S4755 [10JY], S4834 [16JY], S5158, S5165–S5167 [30JY], S5436 [11SE], S6527 [13NO]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills, S4756 [10JY], S5685 [25SE]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), S6934 [10DE]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage to disclose cost information to enrollees (S. 913), unanimous-consent request, S6705, S6706 [20NO]

Hemp History Week: designate (S. Res. 238), S3268 [5JN]

Hog Technologies (company): tribute, S1619 [4MR]

Honduras: call for prosecution and sentencing of those involved in the death of environmental activist Berta Caceres, S1617 [4MR], S5304 [1AU], S6747 [21NO]

Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (S. 1838), S3813 [19JN], S6632, S6649–S6660 [19NO], S6681 [20NO], S6728, S6730 [21NO], S6829, S6848 [4DE]

——— prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items to the Hong Kong Police Force (S. 2710), S6633, S6660, S6661 [19NO], S6742 [21NO]

Hyattsville, MD: tribute to K. Neal Truck and Bus Center (business), S6602 [14NO]

Idaho Falls, ID: tribute to Eagle Rock Gallery (business), S6471 [7NO]

Illinois Electric Cooperative: provide Internet access to rural Illinois, S6376 [5NO]

Immigration: oppose threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border and blocking of funds to address root causes of migration and affirm asylum-seeking individuals have a right to due process and humane treatment, S3173 [4JN]

——— prioritize allocation of H-2B work visas for States with low unemployment rates (S. 135), S2583 [2MY]

——— reform H–1B visa program, S5810 [16OC]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish, S1577 [28FE]

Information technology: deem development and deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology a national priority and support FCC efforts to make spectrum commercially available (S. Res. 259), S6537 [13NO]

——— promote deployment of commercial fifth generation (5G) mobile networks, S6878 [5DE], S7129, S7130 [18DE]

——— promote deployment of commercial fifth generation (5G) mobile networks and the sharing of information with communication providers on security risks (S. 1625), S7180 [19DE]

——— promote deployment of commercial fifth generation (5G) mobile networks and the sharing of information with communication providers on security risks (S. 1625), unanimous-consent request, S7181 [19DE]

——— strengthen data privacy protections for consumers and increase research in technology to protect consumer privacy, S4925 [18JY]

Insurance: allow States to establish reinsurance programs, give States flexibility to provide affordable health insurance options outside of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, and continue cost-sharing premium subsidies, S2001 [26MR]

——— ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, S6523 [13NO]

——— ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions (S. 1125), S3180 [4JN], S4710 [9JY], S6272 [30OC]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (S. 1868), S4719 [9JY], S5899 [17OC]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, S734 [29JA]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case, S4901 [17JY]

Iron and steel industry: impact of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, S1113 [7FE], S1888 [14MR], S2105 [1AP], S2318 [9AP], S2987 [21MY]

Israel: allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, S39, S44–S46 [8JA], S95–S97 [9JA], S126 [10JA], S727–S729 [29JA], S828, S829 [4FE], S848–S850 [5FE]

——— exempt certain small business contracts from efforts to allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, S851 [5FE]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (H. Res. 246), S5028 [24JY]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (S. Res. 120), S2583 [2MY]

Jersey City, NJ: express condolences to families and victims of shooting at cemetery and Jersey City Kosher Supermarket, S6959 [11DE], S7002 [12DE]

Junior Achievement (organization): anniversary, S1791 [12MR]

Koch, Charles: impact of contributions on efforts to discredit scientific research behind climate change, S4691 [8JY]

Koch, David H.: impact of contributions on efforts to discredit scientific research behind climate change, S4691 [8JY]

Louisiana: protect coastlines to ensure continued viability of environment, business, industry, and contributions to U.S. economy, S2506–S2509 [30AP]

Magellan Transport Logistics (company): tribute, S1435 [25FE]

McGregor Industries, Inc.: tribute, S3472 [13JN]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (H.R. 1839), S2203 [2AP]

——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (S. 205), S2470 [29AP], S5279 [1AU]

——— prevent spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers, S5121 [29JY]

Medicare: allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries, S3022–S3024 [22MY], S3353 [12JN], S3814 [19JN], S4491 [25JN], S4835 [16JY], S6085 [23OC], S6523 [13NO], S6689 [20NO]

——— allow the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 62), S2001 [26MR], S2871 [15MY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program, S1820 [13MR], S2297 [9AP], S2399 [11AP], S2470 [29AP], S2802 [14MY], S2987 [21MY], S3067 [23MY], S4537 [26JN], S4710 [9JY], S5215 [31JY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (H.R. 1384), S1556, S1558 [28FE], S1611 [4MR], S1720 [7MR], S1769 [12MR], S2497 [30AP], S2580 [2MY], S2895 [16MY]

——— establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (S. 1129), S2499 [30AP], S2533, S2542 [1MY], S2715 [8MY], S2756 [9MY], S2863 [15MY], S3019, S3020 [22MY], S3171, S3180 [4JN], S4597 [27JN], S4749–S4751 [10JY], S4880–S4882 [17JY], S5009 [23JY], S5038 [24JY], S5436 [11SE], S5716 [26SE], S5948 [22OC], S6268, S6271 [30OC], S6347 [31OC], S6695 [20NO]

——— establish part E public health plans available to everyone (S. 1261), S2561 [1MY]

——— require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial drugs payable under part-B to provide rebates relative to amounts of such drugs discarded (S. 551), S1864 [14MR]

——— require prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to Dept. of HHS under part D (S. 1505), S3180 [4JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve drug programs, protect from drastic increases in manufacturer drug prices, increase transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices, and allow payment for certain treatments, S5121, S5126 [29JY], S5177 [30JY], S5207, S5221 [31JY], S5480 [12SE]

——— lower prescription drug prices, improve transparency of pharmaceutical prices and transactions, lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs, and ensure accountability to taxpayers (S. 2543), S5888 [17OC], S6179 [28OC], S6205 [29OC], S6268 [30OC], S6375 [5NO], S6411 [6NO], S6525–S6527 [13NO], S6897 [9DE], S7037 [16DE], S7123 [18DE]

Melao Bakery (company): tribute, S5627 [23SE]

Mexico: suspension of tariffs on imported goods due to agreement on immigration enforcement, S3273 [10JN], S3300 [11JN]

Miami, FL: tribute to Big Cheese Miami (restaurant), S2324 [9AP]

Michigan City, IN: tribute to Bubbles Ice Cream Parlor, S2641 [6MY]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S20 [3JA], S25 [4JA], S733 [29JA], S755–S758, S762 [30JA], S775, S777–S780, S786–S792 [31JA], S817, S819, S821 [4FE], S841, S843, S846–S857 [5FE], S914–S917 [6FE], S1673 [6MR], S2625 [6MY], S4924 [18JY]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), motion to proceed, S35–S40, S44–S48, S63 [8JA], S78, S79, S94–S97 [9JA], S113, S114, S120, S125–S128 [10JA], S149 [11JA], S166, S169 [14JA], S187, S190–S193, S201 [15JA], S234 [16JA], S299 [18JA], S307 [19JA], S318 [22JA], S483 [23JA], S541 [24JA], S687, S692, S693 [28JA], S726–S730 [29JA]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and counter anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S839 [4FE]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses, hold abusers accountable in Syria, allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), unanimous-consent request, S826–S829 [4FE], S851 [5FE]

Minimum wage: increase, S4938 [18JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), S4955 [18JY], S4957 [22JY]

——— level, S4522 [25JN]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, S4199 [24JN], S6221–S6223 [29OC], S6731–S6733 [21NO]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 27), S1309–S1311 [13FE], S2730 [8MY], S2866 [15MY], S4891–S4894 [17JY], S5781–S5783 [15OC], S5830 [16OC]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 27), unanimous-consent request, S5783 [15OC]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 2788), S6454 [7NO], S6737 [21NO], S6934 [10DE], S6960, S6970 [11DE], S7130–S7133 [18DE]

Minnesota: tribute to efforts to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean and renewable energy, S2021 [27MR]

Motor vehicles: encourage consumers to purchase or lease new automobiles made in the U.S. through rebates and eliminate tax incentives for automakers to move production to foreign countries, S1667 [5MR]

——— impact of tariffs on imported automobiles and auto parts, S1358 [14FE]

——— make clean vehicles more affordable, make charging infrastructure more accessible, and revitalize U.S. electric motor vehicle manufacturing, S6182 [28OC], S6208 [29OC]

——— reform corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S2364 [10AP]

NASA: establish Moon-Mars Development Project, S5076–S5078 [25JY]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (S. Res. 355), S5760 [26SE]

National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month: observance, S4871 [17JY]

National Basketball Association: position on political demonstrations in Hong Kong, S5825 [16OC]

National Dairy Month: observance, S4525 [26JN]

National Fishing and Boating Week: designate (S. Res. 174), S3267 [5JN]

National Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (S. Res. 114), S1911 [14MR]

National security: prohibit dealing in information and communications technology or services from foreign adversaries and require congressional approval to terminate export controls relative to Huawei Technologies Co., S6532 [13NO]

National Small Business Week: designate (S. Res. 191), S2656 [6MY]

——— observance, S2544 [1MY], S2684 [7MY], S2725–S2728, S2730 [8MY], S2757 [9MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (S. 1166), S6704 [20NO], S6940 [10DE]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (S. Res. 413), S6485 [7NO]

——— observance, S6365 [5NO]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 194), S5018 [23JY], S5151 [30JY]

——— observance, S5218 [31JY]

National Women’s Small Business Month: observance, S6261 [30OC]

——— observance (S. Res. 400), S6357 [31OC]

National Workforce Development Month: designate (S. Res. 304), S5318 [1AU]

Native Americans: provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities (S. 212), S4649 [27JN]

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: establish, S1922 [25MR]

North American Development Bank: authorize U.S. participation in a general capital increase (S. 267), S6743 [21NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training (S. 1388), S6483 [7NO]

Panama City, FL: tribute to Granny Cantrell’s Restaurant, S6947 [10DE]

Patents: provide that a patent owner may not assert sovereign immunity as a defense in certain actions before the Patent and Trademark Office (S. 440), S4753 [10JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers, S6913 [10DE]

——— improve cost-sharing reduction payments to assist with payment of deductibles and copayments, S2001 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, S6913 [10DE], S7145 [18DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 748), S4955 [18JY], S4957 [22JY], S7186, S7187 [19DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 748), unanimous-consent request, S7187 [19DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: require payment of user fees by qualified professional asset managers seeking an individual exemption from certain requirements to enhance pension protection (S. 2598), S5798 [15OC]

——— require payment of user fees by qualified professional asset managers seeking an individual exemption from certain requirements to enhance pension protection (S. 2598), unanimous-consent request, S5871, S5872 [17OC]

Pensions: modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions, S3329 [12JN], S6696–S6698 [20NO]

——— protect multiemployer pension plan benefits, S5780–S5784 [15OC]

——— protect pensions in bankruptcy proceedings (S. 2737), S6380–S6382 [5NO]

Penske Entertainment Corp.: acquisition of Hulman & Co., and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, S6665 [19NO]

Pharmaceuticals: implement strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, S780 [31JA], S1458 [26FE], S1501 [27FE], S1864 [14MR], S2286 [8AP], S2470 [29AP], S2716, S2733 [8MY], S2867–S2872 [15MY], S3809 [19JN], S4488, S4491 [25JN], S4706–S4708, S4710 [9JY], S4751–S4759, S4761–S4764 [10JY], S4830, S4835 [16JY], S5009 [23JY], S5094 [25JY], S5157–S5159, S5177 [30JY], S5346–S5349 [9SE], S5480 [12SE], S5887–S5889 [17OC], S6085 [23OC], S6218 [29OC], S6309 [31OC], S6467 [7NO]

——— improve access to generic prescription drugs, S5159 [30JY], S6527 [13NO]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 64), S2001 [26MR], S6527 [13NO]

——— prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding prices for certain drugs and biologicals, S4755 [10JY]

Political campaigns: impact and influence of money and corporations in elections, S107 [9JA], S726 [29JA], S5685 [25SE]

——— impact of Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC relative to the influence of money and corporations in elections, S3028 [22MY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S107 [9JA], S1317 [13FE]

Political science: assessment of socialism, S1751 [11MR]

——— recognize that socialism poses a significant threat to freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity (S. Res. 289), S5148 [29JY]

Power resources: support innovative energy technologies to reduce costs and emissions, S3021 [22MY]

Privacy: establish privacy protections for consumers, S694 [28JA]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1256), S2522 [30AP]

Public lands: promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation by expediting permits, encouraging access by veterans, prioritizing recreation, and maintaining trails and infrastructure (S. 1967), S4508 [25JN]

R & H Machine, Inc.: tribute, S6788 [2DE]

Renewable energy: economic benefits of clean energy technologies, S207 [15JA], S880 [6FE], S1103 [7FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3154 [3JN], S4829 [16JY]

Sanibel, FL: tribute to Bailey’s General Store (business), S585 [24JA]

SBA: establish Office of Emerging Markets (S. 2360), S5252 [31JY]

——— improve programs for veterans (S. 1998), S6592 [14NO]

——— increase lending to underserved borrowers through the largest loan program (S. 2361), S5253 [31JY]

SEC: enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (S. 1854), S3481 [13JN]

——— issuance of rules requiring more transparency and accountability for asset managers working with proxy advisory firms, S6454 [7NO]

——— require all foreign and domestic companies registered with the SEC to report annually on amounts paid to each country for access to oil, gas, and minerals, S2632 [6MY]

——— require issuers to disclose certain activities and risks relative to climate change (S. 2075), S4917 [17JY]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose policies on whether senior executives or shareholders bear the burden of paying company fines and penalties (S. 1885), S3658 [18JN]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (S. 592), S1596 [28FE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S2799 [14MY], S6846 [4DE]

——— make technical corrections to computation of average pay for certain Senate restaurant employees (S. 1436), S2793 [13MY]

Shawnee, OK: tribute to Citizen Potawatomi Nation Iron Horse Industrial Park, S6230 [29OC]

Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.: tribute, S4942 [18JY]

Small business: establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan (S. 1170), S2438 [11AP]

Social Security: provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs, S1888 [14MR]

——— solvency, S4614–S4616 [27JN], S5644, S5645 [24SE]

South Sudan: reaffirm support and impose sanctions against entities exploiting natural resources and funding militia and paramilitary groups, S6288 [30OC]

Space policy: call for an international agreement and require Federal agencies issuing licenses for commercial space activities to include provisions to protect and preserve the Apollo 11 and other lunar landing sites (S. 1694), S4933–S4936 [18JY]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S6649 [19NO]

Taiwan: reaffirm U.S. commitment to Taiwan and to implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act (S. Con. Res. 13), S2525 [30AP]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 156), S2392 [10AP]

Tariff: allow U.S. importers to apply for exclusions from tariffs on Chinese goods which are not accessible outside of China and items that increase the cost of living for U.S. families (S. 577), S1783 [12MR]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, S249 [16JA], S759 [30JA], S892–S896 [6FE], S1112 [7FE], S1192 [12FE], S1300 [13FE], S1349 [14FE], S1505, S1508 [27FE], S1644, S1646 [5MR], S1727 [7MR], S1772 [12MR], S2066 [28MR], S2204 [2AP], S2247 [4AP], S2351, S2358–S2362 [10AP], S2400, S2406, S2407 [11AP], S2534, S2544–S2546, S2558 [1MY], S2582 [2MY], S2730 [8MY], S2988 [21MY], S3454 [13JN], S5029 [24JY], S5075 [25JY], S5687 [25SE], S6048–S6050 [22OC], S6066 [23OC], S6421 [6NO], S6960–S6966, S6975 [11DE], S7003 [12DE], S7059, S7076 [17DE]

——— impact of creation of opportunity zones, S2546–S2551 [1MY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), S5697–S5700 [25SE], S6461–S6463 [7NO], S6821 [3DE], S7140 [18DE]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), unanimous-consent request, S6462, S6463 [7NO]

——— encourage retirement savings (S. 972), S2226 [3AP]

——— establish an excise tax on production and importation of opioid pain relievers and use such funds to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment (S. 425), S2868 [15MY]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 2268), S5110 [25JY]

——— extend biodiesel tax incentives, S1359 [14FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1358 [14FE], S5037 [24JY], S6871 [5DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (S. 617), S1597–S1599, S1605 [28FE], S1633 [4MR], S2400 [11AP], S2905 [16MY]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (S. 460), S4781 [11JY]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, S1577 [28FE]

——— impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish a Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies, S1577 [28FE]

——— impose an excise tax on employers with low-wage employees (S. 219), S1192 [12FE]

——— 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 (S. 1431), S2874–S2877 [15MY], S5697–S5700 [25SE], S6466 [7NO]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (S. 604), S5029 [24JY]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit and make flexible savings accounts available for childcare expenses for military families (S. 1802), S3365 [12JN]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (S. 1149), S2730 [8MY]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small businesses to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (S. 321), S834, S835 [4FE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit, S1359 [14FE]

——— 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. 1428), S2790 [13MY]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses, S5126 [29JY]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (S. 73), S5221 [31JY]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (S. 765), S5029 [24JY]

——— provide a safe harbor for income and employment tax purposes for determinations of worker classifications as independent contractors versus employees and increase reporting under such safe harbor (S. 700), S5029 [24JY]

——— 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, S3355 [12JN], S6964 [11DE]

——— 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. 223), S1192 [12FE]

——— provide an enhanced research credit for the development of smart gun technologies (S. 1884), S5521 [17SE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (S. 1128), S3187 [4JN], S3337 [12JN], S4689–S4692 [8JY], S4917 [17JY]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled, S907 [6FE], S1686 [6MR], S1801 [12MR]

——— provide for periodic designation of qualified opportunity zones, S2408 [11AP]

——— provide for S corporation reform (S. 2156), S5029 [24JY]

——— provide tax relief for certain disasters (S. 1133), S2400 [11AP], S2733 [8MY]

——— provide work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans who are receiving certain educational assistance (S. 537), S2755 [9MY]

——— rates, S249 [16JA], S759 [30JA]

——— reinstate estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes on estates valued over a certain amount and end tax breaks and loopholes for high-value trusts and estates (S. 309), S807–S809 [31JA]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property, S6461 [7NO], S7186, S7187 [19DE]

Telecommunications: prohibit the President or a Federal agency from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail services on broadband networks without authorization from Congress (S. 918), S5242 [31JY]

——— provide opportunities for broadband investment, S6831 [4DE], S7126 [18DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration, S842, S845 [5FE], S5858 [17OC]

——— evaluation of administration relative to foreign trade, S1413 [25FE], S1499 [27FE], S1557 [28FE], S1610 [4MR], S1638 [5MR], S1720 [7MR], S1751 [11MR], S1782 [12MR], S1810 [13MR], S5501, S5503 [17SE], S7063 [17DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to tobacco and vaping companies, S6634 [19NO]

——— evaluation of administration relative to workers’ rights, S5686 [25SE], S5715 [26SE]

——— evaluation of climate change policies, S1449, S1471 [26FE], S1530 [27FE], S1560–S1563 [28FE], S1771 [12MR], S3019 [22MY], S3227 [5JN], S4685 [8JY], S5173 [30JY], S6372 [5NO]

——— Executive order on securing information and communications technology and services supply chain from influence by foreign adversaries, S2898 [16MY], S2954 [20MY], S2987 [21MY]

——— impeachment, S6430 [6NO], S6463 [7NO]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns, S2258–S2260 [4AP]

——— State of the Union Message, S891–S893 [6FE]

Tsai Ingwen: U.S. visit by President of Taiwan, S4903 [17JY]

Twitter, Inc.: decision to ban all political advertisements, S6412 [6NO]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: call for remaining a signatory to the Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement, S6996 [11DE]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide clarity and modernize licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers, S5226 [31JY]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): impact on prescription drug prices, S6377 [5NO]

——— impact on workers’ rights, S4522 [25JN]

——— implement (H.R. 5430), S7223 [19DE]

——— ratify, S2289 [8AP], S2582 [2MY], S2987 [21MY], S3039 [22MY], S3231 [5JN], S3455 [13JN], S4840–S4846 [16JY], S4873 [17JY], S4923, S4931 [18JY], S4957 [22JY], S5027 [24JY], S5373 [10SE], S5420 [11SE], S5501 [17SE], S5636, S5643 [24SE], S5673 [25SE], S5713 [26SE], S5822, S5823 [16OC], S5859 [17OC], S6055, S6068, S6071–S6076, S6081 [23OC], S6138 [24OC], S6230 [29OC], S6379 [5NO], S6489 [12NO], S6516, S6540, S6541, S6573 [13NO], S6579 [14NO], S6640 [19NO], S6681, S6686 [20NO], S6725, S6743 [21NO], S6781 [2DE], S6795 [3DE], S6833–S6835, S6839–S6841, S6845 [4DE], S6882 [5DE], S6898 [9DE], S6910, S6934, S6937 [10DE], S6958, S6975, S6976 [11DE], S7000, S7005–S7007 [12DE], S7125 [18DE]

Urban Affairs Coalition: anniversary, S5138 [29JY]

Venezuela: call for release of detained CITGO Petroleum Corp., executives, S2287 [8AP], S7128 [18DE]

——— prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime (S. 1151), S7075 [17DE]

——— prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime (S. 1151), unanimous-consent agreement, S3069 [23MY]

Vermont: tribute to maple industry, S6386 [5NO]

Wheeler, Andrew: suitability to be EPA Administrator relative to views on climate change and ties to the fossil fuel industry, S1469 [26FE], S1507–S1512, S1523–S1528, S1530, S1531, S1533, S1546, S1548, S1552 [27FE], S1559–S1563, S1565–S1567, S1580 [28FE]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 2258), S5071 [24JY], S5074 [25JY], S5904 [17OC]

White River Junction, VT: tribute to female entrepreneurs, S5185 [30JY]

Women: access to contraceptives and certain medical procedures, S2842 [14MY]

Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act: implementation, S695 [28JA]

World Bank Group: oppose decision to adopt a multi-year lending plan for China, S6863, S6879 [5DE]

Youngstown, OH: closing of Falcon Transport Co., S2479 [29AP]

Reports filed

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1416), S4676 [28JN]

American Manufacturing Leadership Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2397) (H. Rept. 116–121), H4916 [19JN]

Bipartisan Background Checks Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 116–11), H2045 [22FE]

Blockchain Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 553) (S. Rept. 116–177), S7112 [17DE]

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2109) (H. Rept. 116–117), H4769 [18JN]

Bringing Low-Cost Options and Competition While Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 938) (H. Rept. 116–46), H3438 [2MY]

Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (Broadband DATA) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 116–174), S7026 [12DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4229) (H. Rept. 116–350), H10305 [16DE]

Capturing All Small Businesses Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (S. 5130) (H. Rept. 116–360), H12289 [19DE]

CFTC Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 4895) (H. Rept. 116–313), H9178 [26NO]

Clean Energy Jobs Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2393), S7156 [18DE]

Clean Industrial Technology (CIT) Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2300) (S. Rept. 116–148), S6155 [24OC]

Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1941) (H. Rept. 116–157), H5910 [16JY]

Commend European Parliament Resolution Calling for Cancellation of Nord Stream 2 Natural Gas Pipeline From Russia to Europe and Supporting Energy Security: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 27), S2269 [4AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act and H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 758) (H. Rept. 116–334), H10015 [10DE]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Equality Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 377) (H. Rept. 116–61), H3787 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1112, Enhanced Background Checks Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 145) (H. Rept. 116–14), H2099 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 548) (H. Rept. 116–200), H7558 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 509) (H. Rept. 116–178), H7239 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 492) (H. Rept. 116–155), H5824 [15JY]

Consideration of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 377) (H. Rept. 116–61), H3787 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 713) (H. Rept. 116–302), H9056 [19NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1423, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 558) (H. Rept. 116–210), H7752 [17SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1500, Consumers First Act and H.R. 1994, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 389) (H. Rept. 116–79), H4009 [20MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act and H.R. 2021, Investing for the People Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 294) (H. Rept. 116–37), H3127 [8AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act and H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 629) (H. Rept. 116–237), H8142 [15OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 548) (H. Rept. 116–200), H7558 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 646) (H. Rept. 116–247), H8297 [21OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 739) (H. Rept. 116–320), H9221 [3DE]

Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1434) (S. Rept. 116–100), S5407 [10SE]

Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform (COUNTER) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2514) (H. Rept. 116–245), H8297 [21OC]

Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2426) (H. Rept. 116–252), H8386 [22OC]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1273) (S. Rept. 116–105), S5474 [12SE]

Corporate Management Accountability Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4320) (H. Rept. 116–337), H10122 [11DE]

Corporate Transparency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2513) (H. Rept. 116–227), H8100 [8OC]

Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 116–55), H3726 [10MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 116–55), H3726 [10MY], H3922 [16MY]

Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1611) (S. Rept. 116–179), S7112 [17DE]

Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities To Nationalize the Internet in Every Respect (E-FRONTIER) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 918) (S. Rept. 116–66), S5102 [25JY]

Energy Jobs for Our Heroes Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 876), S7112 [17DE]

Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2137) (S. Rept. 116–143), S6091 [23OC]

Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1706) (S. Rept. 116–116), S5663 [24SE]

Energy Security Cooperation With Allied Partners in Europe Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1830), S7112 [17DE]

Energy Technology Maturation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1286) (S. Rept. 116–76), S5360 [9SE]

Equality Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 116–56), H3726 [10MY]

Fair Chance To Compete for Jobs Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 387) (S. Rept. 116–33), S2385 [10AP]

Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163) (S. Rept. 116–2), S1436 [25FE]

Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5038) (H. Rept. 116–328), H9386 [9DE]

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1423) (H. Rept. 116–204), H7711 [13SE]

Greater Accountability in Pay Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4242) (H. Rept. 116–336), H10122 [11DE]

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1838), S5747 [26SE]

Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3642) (H. Rept. 116–363), H12297 [23DE]

Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 212) (S. Rept. 116–28), S2293 [8AP]

Insider Trading Prohibition Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2534) (H. Rept. 116–219), H8079 [27SE]

Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3596) (H. Rept. 116–295), H8908 [15NO]

Launching Energy Advancement and Development Through Innovations for Natural Gas Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1685) (S. Rept. 116–118), S5705 [25SE]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9386 [9DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9345 [6DE]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9345 [6DE]

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1895), S4698 [8JY]

Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1289) (S. Rept. 116–186), S7207 [19DE]

More Efficient Tools To Realize Information for Consumers (METRIC) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2296) (H. Rept. 116–215), H7900 [24SE]

NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2909), S6991 [11DE]

Native American Business Incubators Program Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 294) (S. Rept. 116–29), S2293 [8AP]

One Small Step To Protect Human Heritage in Space Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1694), S4856 [16JY]

Orange Book Transparency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1503) (H. Rept. 116–47), H3438 [2MY]

Outsourcing Accountability Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3624) (H. Rept. 116–220), H8094 [4OC]

Patriotic Employer Protection Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3734) (H. Rept. 116–233), H8142 [15OC]

Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2543) (S. Rept. 116–120), S5705 [25SE]

Prescription Pricing for the People Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1227), S4676 [28JN]

Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 440), S4676 [28JN]

Prison to Proprietorship Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 5078) (H. Rept. 116–344), H10257 [12DE]

Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 5065) (H. Rept. 116–343), H10257 [12DE]

Promoting American Energy Jobs Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2508), S7112 [17DE]

Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 205) (H. Rept. 116–156), H5910 [16JY]

Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1499) (H. Rept. 116–52), H3725 [10MY]

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2474) (H. Rept. 116–347), H10305 [16DE]

Raise the Wage Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 582) (H. Rept. 116–150), H5725 [11JY]

Recognize That Chinese Telecommunications Companies Such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., Pose Serious Threats to the National Security of the U.S. and Its Allies: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 10), S4729 [9JY]

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 397) (H. Rept. 116–159), H7156 [19JY]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 397) (H. Rept. 116–159), H7149 [18JY]

Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program (RIP MSP) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1378) (S. Rept. 116–86), S5406 [10SE]

Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3614) (H. Rept. 116–305), H9167 [21NO]

Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2156) (H. Rept. 116–223), H8094 [4OC]

Safe Cribs Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3170) (H. Rept. 116–205), H7711 [13SE]

Safe Sleep for Babies Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3172) (H. Rept. 116–206), H7711 [13SE]

Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5140) (H. Rept. 116–354), H10608 [17DE]

Save the Internet Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1644) (H. Rept. 116–34), H3127 [8AP]

SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4387) (H. Rept. 116–238), H8226 [17OC]

SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1815) (H. Rept. 116–123), H5005 [20JN]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1595) (H. Rept. 116–104), H4341 [5JN]

Secure Federal Leases From Espionage and Suspicious Entanglements (Secure Federal LEASEs) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1869) (S. Rept. 116–92), S5406 [10SE]

Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3320) (H. Rept. 116–188), H7524 [27AU]

Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1994) (H. Rept. 116–65), H3922 [16MY]

Small Business Reorganization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3311) (H. Rept. 116–171), H7239 [23JY]

Smart Building Acceleration Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2335) (S. Rept. 116–151), S6155 [24OC]

Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 715) (S. Rept. 116–80), S5406 [10SE]

Space Frontier Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 919) (S. Rept. 116–172), S6991 [11DE]

State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1385) (H. Rept. 116–49), H3447 [3MY]

Stop Senior Scams Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 149) (S. Rept. 116–182), S7207 [19DE]

Stop Significant and Time-Wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1224), S4676 [28JN]

Stopping Bad Robocalls Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3375) (H. Rept. 116–173), H7239 [23JY]

Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1388) (S. Rept. 116–87), S5406 [10SE]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2051) (H. Rept. 116–312), H9178 [26NO]

Technology Transitions Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2688), S7113 [17DE]

Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 151) (S. Rept. 116–41), S3004 [21MY]

Television Viewer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5035) (H. Rept. 116–329), H9386 [9DE]

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 226) (S. Rept. 116–30), S2327 [9AP]

21st Century Energy Workforce Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2334) (S. Rept. 116–150), S6155 [24OC]

U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 133), S7112 [17DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5430) (H. Rept. 116–358), H12289 [19DE]

Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (S. 5146) (H. Rept. 116–361), H12289 [19DE]

Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383), S2385 [10AP]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383) (S. Rept. 116–38), S2786 [13MY]

Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1151) (S. Rept. 116–85), S5406 [10SE]

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1309) (H. Rept. 116–296), H8957 [18NO]

Young Fishermen’s Development Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 496) (S. Rept. 116–83), S7207 [19DE]

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 759) (H. Rept. 116–165), H7160 [22JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 2019-2024 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Joseph D. Kelly, Atlantic City, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2375 [6MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H9153 [21NO]

Statements

Address Rising Cost of Insulin: Jonathan Chappel, S4763 [10JY]

——— Kathryn Nagel, S4762 [10JY]

——— Kristen Whitney Daniels, T1International (organization), S4763 [10JY]

Bipartisan Background Checks Act: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence, H2121 [26FE]

Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7612, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

Determination of Federal Jurisdictional Status of Redwood City, CA, Salt Ponds: EPA, H2650 [12MR]

Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Farmworker Justice (organization), H10079 [11DE]

Green New Deal: Representative Ocasio-Cortez, H2091–H2093 [25FE]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Executive Office of the President, H10098 [11DE]

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4623 [27JN]

Minimum Wage Increase: Business for a Fair Minimum Wage Federal (organization), H7112–H7115 [18JY]

Net Neutrality—Blunt Tool for a Fast Changing Ecosystem: Barclays PLC, H3226 [10AP]

Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Executive Office of the President, H7612, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce, E1262 [8OC]

Stopping Bad Robocalls Act: several consumer and privacy organizations, H7302 [24JY]

Tables

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7662 [11SE]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7662 [11SE]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act, H7832 [19SE]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform (COUNTER) Act, H8536 [28OC]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act, H7832 [19SE]

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8781 [12NO]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impact on income tax, S2545 [1MY]

Top opioid distributors and manufacturers 2006 through 2012, S4884 [17JY]

Testimonies

National Security Implications of Climate Change: Rod Schoonover, Dept. of State, E750 [11JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 77, call for banking and consumer agencies to work with customers affected by the Government shutdown to address short-term financial hardship and long-term creditworthiness damage, H1264 [29JA]

H. Res. 145, consideration of H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1112, Enhanced Background Checks Act, H2119 [26FE]

H. Res. 206, acknowledge that lack of sunlight and transparency in financial transactions and corporate formation poses a threat to national and economic security and support efforts to close related loopholes, H2697 [13MR]

H. Res. 246, oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas in Israel, H7181 [23JY]

H. Res. 273, reaffirm U.S. commitment to Taiwan and to implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act, H3457 [7MY]

H. Res. 294, consideration of H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act and H.R. 2021, Investing for the People Act, H3141 [9AP]

H. Res. 327, encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults, H3312 [30AP]

H. Res. 377, consideration of H.R. 5, Equality Act, H.R. 312, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act, and H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3801 [15MY]

H. Res. 389, consideration of H.R. 1994, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, H4024 [21MY]

H. Res. 492, consideration of H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, H5926 [17JY]

H. Res. 509, consideration of H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, H7257 [24JY]

H. Res. 548, consideration of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H.R. 1146, Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, and H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7566 [10SE]

H. Res. 558, consideration of H.R. 1423, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H7761 [18SE]

H. Res. 629, consideration of H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act and H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act, H8154 [16OC]

H. Res. 646, consideration of H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8307 [22OC]

H. Res. 713, consideration of H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H9068 [20NO]

H. Res. 739, consideration of H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act, H9230 [4DE]

H. Res. 758, consideration of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act and H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H10033 [11DE]

H.J. Res. 30, disapprove Dept. of the Treasury proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC, H692 [17JA]

H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act, H10141–H10167 [12DE]

H.R. 5, Equality Act, H3931–H3934 [17MY]

H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act, H2254 [27FE]

H.R. 113, All-American Flag Act, H566 [15JA]

H.R. 116, Investing in Main Street Act, H522 [14JA]

H.R. 133, U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership Act, H430 [10JA]

H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7630 [11SE]

H.R. 227, Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act, H271 [8JA]

H.R. 241, Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act, H7579 [10SE]

H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, H7318–H7323 [24JY]

H.R. 502, Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act, H1223 [28JA]

H.R. 525, Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act, H2053 [25FE]

H.R. 539, Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act, H2055 [25FE]

H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, H7095 [18JY]

H.R. 624, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act, H1221 [28JA]

H.R. 748, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, H5958 [17JY]

H.R. 758, Cooperate With Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act, H2623 [11MR]

H.R. 759, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, H7361 [24JY]

H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3868–H3873 [16MY]

H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H9135–H9138 [21NO]

H.R. 1328, Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act, H3488 [8MY]

H.R. 1404, Vladimir Putin Transparency Act, H2662 [12MR]

H.R. 1423, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H7848 [20SE]

H.R. 1477, Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act, H2781 [25MR]

H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act, H3486 [8MY]

H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7962–H7964 [25SE]

H.R. 1704, Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act, H3459 [7MY]

H.R. 1773, Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act, H8809 [13NO]

H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act, H8215 [17OC]

H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2773–H2776 [25MR]

H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7615 [11SE]

H.R. 1994, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, H4124–H4135 [23MY]

H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act, H9359–H9361 [9DE]

H.R. 2109, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act, H5045 [24JN]

H.R. 2115, Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act, H8516 [28OC]

H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act, H7805 [19SE]

H.R. 2397, American Manufacturing Leadership Act, H7168–H7170 [23JY]

H.R. 2426, Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, H8345–H8352 [22OC]

H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8325–H8334 [22OC]

H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform (COUNTER) Act, H8494–H8501 [28OC]

H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act, H5276 [9JY]

H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act, H5282 [9JY]

H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act, H5283 [9JY]

H.R. 3172, Safe Sleep for Babies Act, H10294 [16DE]

H.R. 3289, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, H8119–H8122 [15OC]

H.R. 3311, Small Business Reorganization Act, H7217–H7219 [23JY]

H.R. 3375, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, H7293–H7296 [24JY]

H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act, H7804 [19SE]

H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act, H8237 [18OC]

H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act, H7800–H7802 [19SE]

H.R. 3661, Patriotic Employer Protection Act, H8800 [13NO]

H.R. 4227, Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services (MAPS) Act, H10291 [16DE]

H.R. 4229, Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (Broadband DATA) Act, H10287–H10289 [16DE]

H.R. 4270, Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd Control Technology to (PROTECT) Hong Kong Act, H8124 [15OC]

H.R. 4356, Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act, H8757 [12NO]

H.R. 4387, SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition establishment, H8277 [21OC]

H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8746–H8749 [12NO]

H.R. 5035, Television Viewer Protection Act, H9960 [10DE]

H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H10045–H10066 [11DE]

H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act, H8927 [18NO]

H.R. 5430, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, H12221–H12246 [19DE]

S. 1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act, S852–S857 [5FE]

S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, S276 [16JA], S3075 [23MY], H9235–H9239 [4DE]

S. 212, Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act, S4650–S4652 [27JN]

S. 223, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S589 [24JA]

S. 294, Native American Business Incubators Program Act, S4660–S4662 [27JN]

S. 320, Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective (SECURE) Firearm Storage Act, S833 [4FE]

S. 366, Forcing Limits on Abusive and Tumultuous (FLAT) Prices Act, S921 [6FE]

S. 551, Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs (REFUND) Act, S1439 [25FE]

S. 604, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, S1596 [28FE]

S. 608, Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act, S1597 [28FE]

S. 700, New Economy Works To Guarantee Independence and Growth (NEW GIG) Act, S1736–S1738 [7MR]

S. 765, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act, S1847–S1849 [13MR]

S. 783, Clean Slate for Kids Online Act, S1849 [13MR]

S. 1276, Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act, S2572 [1MY]

S. 1289, Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act, S3267 [5JN]

S. 1354, Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, S2691–S2699 [7MY]

S. 1388, Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act, S6483 [7NO]

S. 1414, Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, S2772 [9MY]

S. 1428, Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act, S2790 [13MY]

S. 1434, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act, S7229 [19DE]

S. 1436, computation of average pay for certain Senate restaurant employees technical corrections, S2791, S2793 [13MY], H3911 [16MY]

S. 1437, Drug-Price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act, S2791 [13MY]

S. 1550, Helping To Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act, S2967 [20MY]

S. 1694, One Small Step To Protect Human Heritage in Space Act, S4935 [18JY]

S. 1699, Streamlining the Rapid Evolution and Modernization of Leading-Edge Infrastructure Necessary To Enhance (STREAMLINE) Small Cell Deployment Act, S3167 [3JN]

S. 1775, Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act, S3322 [11JN]

S. 1838, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, S6654–S6660 [19NO], H9089–H9092 [20NO]

S. 2103, Affordable Insulin Approvals Now Act, S4809 [11JY]

S. 2139, American Business for American Companies Act, S4909–S4911 [17JY]

S. 2140, Stop Corporate Inversions Act, S4911 [17JY]

S. 2156, S Corporation Modernization Act, S4950–S4952 [18JY]

S. 2251, Advancing Growth in the Economy Through Distilled (AGED) Spirits Act, S5064 [24JY]

S. 2288, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S5904 [17OC]

S. 2659, Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, S5968–S5970 [22OC]

S. 2700, Protecting Roadside First Responders Act, S6158 [24OC]

S. 2710, prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items to the Hong Kong Police Force, S6661 [19NO], H9096 [20NO]

S. 2763, Filter Bubble Transparency Act, S6337 [31OC]

S. 2896, Pullman National Historical Park Act, S6672 [19NO]

S. 2922, Rail Passenger Fairness Act, S6721 [20NO]

S. 2990, Freedom From Government Competition Act, S6893 [5DE]

S. Con. Res. 5, oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations, S1391 [14FE]

S. Con. Res. 10, recognize that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co., and ZTE Corp., pose serious threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies, S2094 [28MR]

S. Con. Res. 13, reaffirm U.S. commitment to Taiwan and to implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act, S2281 [4AP]

S. Res. 27, commend European Parliament resolution calling for cancellation of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe and supporting energy security, S591 [24JA]

S. Res. 59, address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities in Green New Deal, S1140 [7FE]

S. Res. 79, Career and Technical Education Month, S1495 [26FE]

S. Res. 114, National Rosie the Riveter Day, S1908 [14MR]

S. Res. 115, REALTORS Land Institute anniversary, S1908 [14MR]

S. Res. 120, oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement targeting Israel, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas, S1942 [25MR]

S. Res. 139, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations release of records on investigation into Equifax, Inc., data breach, S2194 [2AP]

S. Res. 156, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S2391 [10AP]

S. Res. 174, National Fishing and Boating Week, S2523 [30AP]

S. Res. 191, National Small Business Week, S2649 [6MY]

S. Res. 194, National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, S2746 [8MY]

S. Res. 203, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association anniversary, S2792 [13MY]

S. Res. 214, recognize historic contributions by the American Muslim community, S3009 [21MY]

S. Res. 216, recognize contributions of Air Force members responsible for operating and maintaining Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation and importance of its continuous availability, accuracy, reliability, and resiliency, S3011 [21MY]

S. Res. 238, Hemp History Week, S3265 [5JN]

S. Res. 259, deem development and deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology a national priority and support FCC efforts to make spectrum commercially available, S4459 [24JN]

S. Res. 284, urge Senate to ratify U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, S5111 [25JY]

S. Res. 289, recognize that socialism poses a significant threat to freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity, S5148 [29JY]

S. Res. 304, National Workforce Development Month, S5316 [1AU]

S. Res. 306, reaffirm commitment to diversity as a core tenet of public interest standard in media policy and support efforts to eliminate barriers to media diversity, S5410 [10SE]

S. Res. 314, Aerospace Industries Association anniversary, S5542 [17SE]

S. Res. 331, instruct conferees to S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, on inclusion of Defending America’s 5G Future Act provisions, S5708 [25SE]

S. Res. 336, instruct conferees to S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, on paid family leave, S5709 [25SE]

S. Res. 355, National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, S5756 [26SE]

S. Res. 386, support international cooperation and continued U.S. leadership to maintain access to space and achieve advances in space technology, S6304 [30OC]

S. Res. 391, support legislation to reinstate country-of-origin labeling for pork and beef, S6338 [31OC]

S. Res. 400, National Women’s Small Business Month, S6342 [31OC]

S. Res. 413, National Veterans Small Business Week, S6481 [7NO]

S. Res. 443, tribute to small business, S6762 [21NO]

S. Res. 449, call for remaining a signatory to U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement, S6953 [10DE]

S.J. Res. 2, disapprove Dept. of the Treasury proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC, S30 [4JA]

S.J. Res. 8, address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities in Green New Deal, S1327 [13FE]